Author Archives: Syndicated Content
IOC bans Belarus president Lukashenko from Games
BERLIN (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is banned from attending the Olympic Games as head of his country's National Olympic Committee (NOC) as part of provisional sanctions imposed ...
Dec 07, 2020
Greece to keep schools, restaurants shut until after Christmas
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Monday that it will not re-open schools, restaurants and courts until Jan. 7, effectively extending most of the restrictions the country imposed last month to contain...
Dec 07, 2020
France’s new COVID-19 cases slow down but hospitalisations up again
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Monday reported 3,411 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, sharply down from Sunday's 11,022, but the number of people hospitalised for the di...
Dec 07, 2020
California becomes biggest U.S. state to launch virus contact-tracing app
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California on Monday announced an app to help people track their exposure to the coronavirus, becoming the biggest U.S. state to take advantage of new techno...
Dec 07, 2020
Breaking’s breakthrough brings electric ‘folk art’ to Paris Games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Breakdancing cleared its final hurdle to feature in the Paris 2024 Games on Monday, bringing the wholly original, electric art form to sport's biggest stage. Considered one ...
Dec 07, 2020
Three members of Raptors test positive for COVID-19
TORONTO (Reuters) - Three members of the Toronto Raptors have tested positive for COVID-19 during the league-mandated testing period prior to training camp, the NBA team said on Monday. The Raptors, w...
Dec 07, 2020
Surfing and breakdancing among four sports to win Paris 2024 spot
(Reuters) - Breakdancing, surfing, skateboarding and sports climbing won a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics when the International Olympic Committee ratified their inclusion on Monday, IOC President Th...
Dec 07, 2020
France still far above goal of 5,000 COVID-19 cases per day: top health official
PARIS (Reuters) - France is still far from reducing its number of new COVID-19 cases per day to 5,000, and the risk of a strong rebound of the pandemic remains high, the health ministry's top official...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. Congress eyes short-term funding measure as COVID-19, omnibus talks continue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a one-week funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID-19 relief package and a $1.4 tr...
Dec 07, 2020
K-Wings opt out of 2020-2021 ECHL schedule, plan to return next season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – There will be no Kalamazoo Wings hockey games for the 2020-2021 season. The K-Wings have elected to sit out this season as they exercised the ECHL’s COVID-19 v...
Dec 07, 2020
