Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Ian Ransom and Kokkai Ng Aug 1 (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino, hitherto untouchable at the helm of soccer's global governing body, suffered a crushing blow on Friday when his bold reac...

By Corina Pons and Michael Francis Gore CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta stopped overnight, as police began installing a 500-metre (...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Friday that world soccer's governing body had scrapped plans to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors after a widespread backlash...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Lithuania's embassy in Kyiv was damaged on Saturday when two missiles landed nearby during a Russian attack, the Lithuanian foreign ministry said. There were no injuries from the mis...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Boxer Tarona Taafaki made history for Tuvalu when she won the Pacific island nation's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow, without winning a single bout. Taafaki, one of f...

By Juliette Jabkhiro, Elissa Darwish and Elizabeth Pineau BISCARROSSE, France, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The order to evacuate came around 8.30 p.m. - just as families were sitting down to dinner. Wildfire fl...

Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker slugged back-to-back home runs, Yordan Alvarez reached base four times, and the Houston Astros moved into first place in the American League West with an 11-2 victor...

Aug 1 (Reuters) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is under unprecedented fire after regional confederations UEFA and CONCACAF said on Saturday they had lost confidence in his leadership following his ...

BUCHAREST, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Romania just avoided a downgrade from the last rung of investment grade as its budget deficit narrowed more than expected, but political instability after a government col...

Three of the top four men's seeds tumbled out of the Mubadala DC Open on Friday in Washington, with third-seeded Taylor Fritz the lone survivor. Fritz eked out a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Alex Mi...