Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympic committees discuss eradicating abuse in Japanese sport after damning report
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has held discussions with his counterpart at the Japanese Olympic Committee about eradicating abuse within Japan...
Aug 06, 2020
Australians want chemical plant moved after deadly Beirut blast
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some Australian residents of the city of Newcastle, 163 km (101 miles) north of Sydney, have called for a large ammonium nitrate plant, stockpiling up to four times the amount repor...
Aug 06, 2020
Proportion of COVID-19 contacts reached by English tracing scheme falls
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of the contacts of positive COVID-19 cases reached by England's test and trace system fell in its latest week, the health ministry said, adding that the decline was p...
Aug 06, 2020
Hilton posts bigger-than-expected loss as coronavirus hammers bookings
(Reuters) - Hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic decimated global travel demand and hammered bookings. The...
Aug 06, 2020
Saudi coalition says it shot down Houthi drone heading for kingdom
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday said it shot down an explosive-laden drone heading towards the kingdom, a statement publishe...
Aug 06, 2020
Becton Dickinson profit slumps nearly 37% on delayed surgeries
(Reuters) - Medical technology company Becton Dickinson and Co on Thursday reported a 36.6% fall in quarterly profit, hurt by lower demand for its devices as people delayed non-urgent surgeries during...
Aug 06, 2020
Mystery Seeds Finally Identified
Over the past couple of weeks, people in all 50 states have been receiving random packages with unidentified seeds in them from China. State ag departments were instructing people to call them if they...
Aug 06, 2020
As U.S. Congress wrangles over aid, millions of renters get desperate
By Jonnelle Marte NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amanda Geno accepted what felt like a dream job offer on March 13 from a college near Holyoke, Massachusetts, putting an end to a six-month search after she was ...
Aug 06, 2020
London Marathon mass race to be cancelled, elite race on
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - The mass participation London Marathon has been cancelled due to COVID-19 but an elite-only race, on a short loop on a fan-restricted circuit and featuring Eliud K...
Aug 06, 2020
Conservatives battling to the end in Tennessee U.S. Senate primary
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tennessee Republicans will cast their ballots on Thursday in a bitter Senate primary race that will test President Donald Trump's influence and as the two leadi...
Aug 06, 2020
