Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sailing: Luna Rossa still perfect in Challenger final, lead INEOS 4-0
(Reuters) - Italy's Luna Rossa continued to dominate the Challenger Series final by winning both races on Sunday to extend their lead over INEOS Team UK to 4-0 at Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. INEOS, ...
Feb 14, 2021
New Zealand locks down Auckland after 3 new local COVID-19 cases
By Praveen Menon and Sonali Paul WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minsiter Jacinda Ardern on Sunday announced a three-day lockdown in the country's biggest city Auckland, after three new local...
Feb 14, 2021
Turkey says finds bodies of 13 killed by militants in Iraq
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers conducting an operation against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq have found the bodies of 13 kidnapped Turks executed in a cave, the count...
Feb 14, 2021
Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is still Donald Trump's Republican Party - at least for now. The vote by 43 of the 50 Republican senators to acquit Trump on the charge of inciting last mo...
Feb 14, 2021
Serena into quarters after surviving Sabalenka test
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serena Williams stormed into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday with a gritty 6-4 2-6 6-4 victory over Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. The match was a big test for W...
Feb 14, 2021
Biden, reflecting on Senate acquittal of Trump, says ‘democracy is fragile’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the Senate's acquittal of former President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection was a reminder that democracy was fragile, an...
Feb 13, 2021
Australia’s locked down Victoria state reports 2 new local COVID-19 cases
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported two new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection on Sunday, day two of a snap lockdown as authori...
Feb 13, 2021
Russians set for candle-lit Valentine’s Day protests after Navalny jailing
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny plan to hold candle-lit gatherings in residential courtyards across Russia on Sunday despite warnings that th...
Feb 13, 2021
EU to speed approval of variant-modified coronavirus vaccines: paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Union will fast track approvals of coronavirus vaccines adapted to combat mutations, the bloc's Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a newspaper interview o...
Feb 13, 2021
Osaka back from the brink to reach quarter-finals
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka saved two match points as she battled back from the brink to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory over in-form...
Feb 13, 2021
