Category Archives: Syndicated
Brooks Brothers enters purchase deal with retailer SPARC
(Reuters) - Brooks Brothers said on Thursday it entered into a $305 million "stalking horse" purchase agreement with retailer SPARC Group LLC, in a move that could preserve the apparel brand as a goin...
Jul 23, 2020
U.S. congressman John Lewis to lie in state in Capitol Rotunda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Lewis, a civil rights pioneer and longtime member of Congress who died last week, will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Monday and Tuesday. Lewis,...
Jul 23, 2020
ATP, WTA cancel China events, including Shenzen Finals
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - The two main tennis tours on Friday cancelled all of their remaining tournaments in China for this year, including the flagship WTA Finals, in the wake of the country's ...
Jul 23, 2020
Tokyo 2020 must be simple and safe, says IOC’s Coates
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Senior Olympic official John Coates has reiterated that Tokyo must stage a simplified Summer Games next year with the health and safety of athletes the most important consideration ...
Jul 23, 2020
Kurdish-Iranian writer granted refugee status in New Zealand
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Kurdish-Iranian exile and writer Behrouz Boochani, who was held in an Australian-run offshore island detention camp for about six years, has been granted refuge...
Jul 23, 2020
Mexico registers record 8,438 new coronavirus infections
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Thursday reported a record 8,438 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 718 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 37...
Jul 23, 2020
Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa dies, presidency says
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's former President Benjamin Mkapa, who served between 1995-2005, died in the early hours of Friday, President John Magufuli said in a statement. Mkapa, the third pre...
Jul 23, 2020
Australian state tightens restrictions as coronavirus clusters grow
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Restrictions were reintroduced in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales on Friday as authorities battle to control fresh coronavirus clusters that have emerged in Sy...
Jul 23, 2020
Mainland China reports 21 new coronavirus cases, including 13 in Xinjiang
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 21 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 23, down from 22 cases a day earlier, the health commission said on Friday. Of the new infections, 13 were in the ...
Jul 23, 2020
No escaping COVID-19 as Major League Baseball starts season
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The Washington Nationals and New York Yankees launched the COVID-19-delayed Major League Baseball season on Thursday, but reminders of the pandemic were everywhere, from a...
Jul 23, 2020
