Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wearing masks is not compulsory for cyclists in Paris, police say
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris police department said on Friday that people doing outdoors exercise and cyclists will not have to wear face masks outdoors after authorities made masks mandatory everywhere in...
Aug 28, 2020
Arizona’s Hall of Fame coach Olson dies aged 85
(Reuters) - Hall of Fame basketball coach Lute Olson, who guided the Arizona Wildcats to their only NCAA championship in 1997, has died aged 85, the university confirmed on Thursday. Olson was hospita...
Aug 28, 2020
French savings surged, profits plunge in record second-quarter GDP slump: INSEE
PARIS (Reuters) - French household savings skyrocketed while businesses' profits plunged in the second quarter amid a coronavirus lockdown, the INSEE stats agency said on Friday, confirming the econom...
Aug 28, 2020
Church protests, COVID-19 test Montenegro’s long-ruling party in Sunday vote
PODGORICA (Reuters) - The tiny Adriatic republic of Montenegro goes to the polls on Sunday riven by tensions over a religious communities law resisted by the powerful Orthodox Church and grappling wit...
Aug 28, 2020
SoftBank to slash holding in wireless carrier; could raise $14 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it planned to slash its exposure to wireless carrier SoftBank Corp to 40.4% from 62.1% now, in a sale worth 1.47 trillion yen ($13.8 billion) at Fr...
Aug 28, 2020
Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza over rockets, fire balloons
TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft and tanks struck Hamas facilities in Gaza on Friday and militants fired half a dozen rockets towards southern Israel, the military said, as mediators work fo...
Aug 28, 2020
MLS to investigate Salt Lake owner’s alleged racist comments
(Reuters) - Major League Soccer (MLS) said on Thursday it will investigate allegations made in a report that Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen used racist language. "We are deeply concerned about t...
Aug 28, 2020
France hoping to avoid quarantine measures on travel to-and-from Switzerland
PARIS (Reuters) - France is hoping to avoid COVID-related quarantine measures imposed on its citizens travelling to and from Switzerland, French junior European affairs minister Clement Beaune told Eu...
Aug 28, 2020
Feel-good hit ‘Fall Guys’ knocks out the competition on PlayStation, PC
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Independent British firm Tonic Games has delivered the latest feel-good gaming hit, "Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout", after Sony Corp offered it to subscribers and by tap...
Aug 28, 2020
Japan factory output seen up again, pandemic clouds outlook: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output likely grew for a second straight month in July, signalling a gradual recovery from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll of 17 econom...
Aug 28, 2020
