Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top 25 roundup: Marquette nips No. 4 Wisconsin at buzzer
Justin Lewis scored on a one-handed put-back of a D.J. Carton free-throw miss at the buzzer for the final two of his game-high 18 points, lifting Marquette to a 67-65 victory against No. 4 Wisconsin o...
Dec 05, 2020
California order won’t impact Warrors, Kings
The Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings will not be directly impacted by the new California stay-at-home order as the teams continue their preparations for the upcoming season. The San Francisc...
Dec 05, 2020
Revamped, less political, UNESCO sets sights on tricky U.S. return
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Four years after the United States quit UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, over accusations of anti-Israel bias, diplomats say the Paris-based body has manage...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis
By Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency triggered dismay on Saturday from some Somalis, w...
Dec 05, 2020
Kuwaitis go to polls as economy poses challenge for new emir
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis vote in legislative polls on Saturday as the Gulf state faces its worst economic crisis in decades, posing a challenge for the government's often stormy rel...
Dec 05, 2020
Coal mine accident in China’s Chongqing kills 18
(Reuters) - Eighteen people have died after being trapped in a mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region's second such accident in ju...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. ends exchange programs with China, calling them ‘propaganda’
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it has ended five cultural exchange programs with China, calling them "soft power propaganda tools." The Department sa...
Dec 04, 2020
Credit Suisse chairman hints at lower bonus payouts: newspaper
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will take into account the coronavirus pandemic when setting bonuses and the impact is likely to be negative, Chairman Urs Rohner told Schweiz am Wochenende in an inte...
Dec 04, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 23,318: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 23,318 to 1,153,556, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The repo...
Dec 04, 2020
UK Maritime Trade Operations says aware of attack on vessel off Yemen coast
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) naval authority said on Saturday it was aware of an attack on a vessel off the coast of Yemen. The authority later updated the ad...
Dec 04, 2020
