Category Archives: Syndicated
Jays tab Ryu for opener, plan to put Anderson on IL
Top free-agent acquisition Hyun-Jin Ryu will make his Toronto Blue Jays debut with an Opening Day start against the host Tampa Bay Rays, the team announced Sunday. The 33-year-old left-hander signed a...
Jul 19, 2020
Angels 3B Rendon (oblique) iffy for season opener
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is deemed questionable for the season opener as he deals with tightness in his oblique. Rendon, who was scratched from intrasquad games on Friday and Sa...
Jul 19, 2020
House Democrats demand investigation into use of force at Portland protests
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives asked the internal watchdogs for the Justice and Homeland Security departments to launch an investigation into w...
Jul 19, 2020
Mali opposition rejects ECOWAS proposals on ending political crisis
BAMAKO (Reuters) - An influential opposition group in Mali rejected a proposal by regional mediators on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis in which at least 11 people have been killed this mont...
Jul 19, 2020
Trump digs in on federal crackdown against Portland protesters
By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump condemned protests in Portland, Oregon, and violence in "Democrat-run" cities on Sunday as his Republican administ...
Jul 19, 2020
NFL: Players take to Twitter to express concerns over COVID-19 protocols
(Reuters) - Some of National Football League's biggest names took to social media on Sunday to express their concerns and anger over the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols in place as teams prepare to ...
Jul 19, 2020
Five dead, 85 wounded in car bomb attack in Syria’s Azaz: Turkish state media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A car bomb attack in northwestern Syria's Azaz region killed five people and wounded 85 others, Turkey's state-owned Anadolu agency said on Sunday. The incident took place in the ...
Jul 19, 2020
Hagia Sophia mosaics will be covered with curtains during prayers: Turkish presidential spokesman
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul's ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Su...
Jul 19, 2020
‘Mr. No, No, No’ – Why Dutch PM Rutte plays role of EU bogeyman
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As EU negotiations over a coronavirus recovery fund and a new budget for the bloc ran into an impasse, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte was singled out by o...
Jul 19, 2020
Poland to propose limits on foreign media soon, Kaczynski says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will seek to craft rules limiting the concentration of foreign-owned media outlets well before the ruling nationalists finish their term in power, Poland's de facto leader sa...
Jul 19, 2020
