Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Doping: World champion Coleman appeals two-year ban for breaching whereabouts rules
(Reuters) - World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman has appealed against his ban for breaching anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. CAS said it...
Nov 26, 2020
Meronk, Roussel hold one-stroke lead at Leopard Creek
MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) - Poland's Adrian Meronk and Frenchman Robin Roussel hit seven-under-par 65s to share the lead by one stroke after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship a...
Nov 26, 2020
Russia should look again at terms of ISS participation – space industry official
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia should consider revising the terms of its participation in the International Space Station, a Russian space industry executive said on Thursday, because it wants to focus on ...
Nov 26, 2020
AstraZeneca CEO says co likely to run new global trial on COVID-19 vaccine – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, according to the company's Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, Bloomberg News reporte...
Nov 26, 2020
Turkey records highest new coronavirus death toll for fourth consecutive day
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's daily number of coronavirus deaths hit a record high for a fourth consecutive day with 174 in the past 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry showed on Thursday, and it ...
Nov 26, 2020
European Parliament expresses solidarity with Poland abortion protests
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Thursday accused Poland's nationalist government of improperly influencing a court that imposed a near total ban on abortion, which it said showed that th...
Nov 26, 2020
U.N. decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Police and border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that their use of "big data" collected via artificial intelligence does not reinforce biases ag...
Nov 26, 2020
Danish PM in tears after visiting mink farmer whose animals were culled
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen broke down on Thursday when visiting a mink farmer who lost his herd following the government's order this month to cull all 17 millio...
Nov 26, 2020
Italy reports 29,003 new coronavirus cases, 822 deaths – health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 822 COVID 19-related deaths on Thursday, up from 722 the day before, and 29,003 new infections, up from 25,853 on Wednesday, the health ministry said. There were 232,71...
Nov 26, 2020
Crypto exchange Coinbase hit by connection, latency problems as bitcoin plummets
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Thursday its retail and professional-focused platforms were hit by tech problems, with users reporting difficulty trading as b...
Nov 26, 2020
