Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Svitolina says best preparation on clay in years not adding to pressure
(Reuters) - Elina Svitolina said her extended preparation for the claycourt swing after opting out of the U.S. Open was not a guarantee of success and she will not put herself under pressure ahead of ...
Sep 17, 2020
Czech Republic’s daily jump in COVID-19 cases exceeds 2,000 for first time
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic reported on Thursday more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time as it battles a surge in infections that is among the fastest in Europe...
Sep 17, 2020
Djokovic meets ATP chief Gaudenzi, says players body moving ahead
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic had a chat with ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi ahead of the Italian Open in Rome regarding his breakaway players body, the world number one said, reiterating that the new associa...
Sep 17, 2020
GM faces unexpected bills as India-China tensions delay sale of India plant: sources
By Aditi Shah and Ben Klayman NEW DELHI/DETROIT (Reuters) - Delays to General Motors' sale of its Indian plant to Great Wall Motor due to tensions between India and China are likely to result in hefty...
Sep 17, 2020
Uganda says 219 prisoners escape, some with guns and ammunition
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Prisoners in a Ugandan jail overpowered their guards and 219 of them escaped with at least 15 guns, but two were killed after security forces launched an opera...
Sep 17, 2020
The future is cyborg: Kaspersky study finds support for human augmentation
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly two thirds of people in leading Western European countries would consider augmenting the human body with technology to improve their lives, mostly to improve health, accordin...
Sep 17, 2020
ByteDance’s bid to keep most of TikTok faces major hurdles
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the United Stat...
Sep 17, 2020
The Musk Method: Learn from partners then go it alone
By Paul Lienert, Norihiko Shirouzu and Edward Taylor (Reuters) - Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from knowing next to nothing about building cars to running the world's most...
Sep 17, 2020
Red Cross warns coronavirus is driving discrimination in Asia
(Reuters) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communities in Asia, ...
Sep 17, 2020
‘It’s their call’: Australia regulator dares Facebook to block news content
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will be "weakened" if it stops Australians from sharing news so the company can avoid paying for content under proposed laws, Australia's top antitrust re...
Sep 17, 2020
