Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ginsburg death ignites fierce U.S. Senate battle — and stirs Scalia’s ghost
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited Pr...
Sep 18, 2020
Japan’s new PM Suga to meet with Pompeo in October: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is preparing to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Tokyo early next month, the first high-level meeting between the two allies since S...
Sep 18, 2020
Ginsburg’s death turns spotlight on Trump’s list of potential successors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday will enable U.S. President Donald Trump to nominate a third jurist to the Supreme Court and galvanize support among conservati...
Sep 18, 2020
Reed relishes tough conditions at U.S. Open
(Reuters) - Patrick Reed said he loves playing in challenging conditions, and that's exactly what he got on Friday when he overcame swirling winds, thick rough and speedy greens to jump to the top of ...
Sep 18, 2020
Informed by reporters of Ginsburg’s death, Trump says she was ‘an amazing woman’
BEMIDJI, Minn. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, informed by reporters after a rally about the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said: "She was an amazing woman." "She led an amazi...
Sep 18, 2020
Former Japan PM Abe visits Yasukuni Shrine for war dead
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday, his first visit since December 2013, after refraining from doing so for ...
Sep 18, 2020
Tiger looks ahead after missing the cut at the U.S. Open
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods was disappointed but focused on the future after missing the cut at the U.S. Open following a second-round 77 on Friday. After carding a respectable three-over on Thursday, Woo...
Sep 18, 2020
Australia virus hotspot state records lowest new cases since June
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian state at the centre of the country's novel coronavirus outbreak on Saturday reported its lowest daily increase of infections in three months, putting it on course to ...
Sep 18, 2020
Mexico reports 4,841 coronavirus cases, 624 new deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 4,841 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, bringing the total to 688,954 cases, and 624 new deaths, for a cu...
Sep 18, 2020
Taiwan pledges deeper U.S. ties as Chinese jets harry island
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged deeper ties with the United States at a dinner for a visiting senior State Department official, on the same day China sent 18 fighter jets to h...
Sep 18, 2020
