Category Archives: Syndicated
MLS dealt another blow as more players opt out of season restart
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Major League Soccer's attempt to restart its COVID-19 hit season suffered another setback on Tuesday when Vancouver Whitecaps announced five members of the team will not m...
Jul 07, 2020
Russia, China veto U.N. approval of aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia and China cast vetoes on Tuesday to block the U.N. Security Council from extending its approval of aid deliveries to Syria from Turkey for a year, despite U.N. warnings tha...
Jul 07, 2020
Hospital led by biotech billionaire Soon-Shiong approved for PPP aid
By Chad Terhune LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania hospital led by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong won approval for up to $5 million in federal aid for small businesses under a coronavirus...
Jul 07, 2020
Five states, Washington, D.C. sue Education Department, say coronavirus relief deprived low-income schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five states and Washington, D.C. sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, saying Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "unlawfully and erroneously" earmarked coronavirus relief funds...
Jul 07, 2020
Venezuela top court ousts leaders of Guaido’s party ahead of vote
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's pro-government supreme court on Tuesday ousted the leaders of opposition leader Juan Guaido's Popular Will political party, the latest in a series of interventions in o...
Jul 07, 2020
U.S. will restrict visas for some Chinese officials over Tibet: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will restrict visas for some Chinese officials because China obstructs travel to the Tibetan Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas by U.S. diplomats, journ...
Jul 07, 2020
Texas reports more COVID-19 cases in single day than any EU country as cases rise by 10,000
(Reuters) - Texas shattered records on Tuesday when it reported over 10,000 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase in the state since the pandemic started, according to the state health d...
Jul 07, 2020
Immortal mercenaries confront reality of forever in Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard’
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Audiences are used to seeing comic book superheroes come to life on screen but in "The Old Guard" the heroes only have one power - immortality. Charlize Theron st...
Jul 07, 2020
Giants suspend workouts due to virus testing delay
The San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday that they have suspended workouts at Oracle Park pending the results of coronavirus tests conducted this past weekend. The news comes on the same day that th...
Jul 07, 2020
Disney says it will go ahead with Walt Disney World reopening on Saturday
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will stick to its plans to reopen its Walt Disney World theme parks in Orlando, Florida, to a limited number of guests on Saturday, the company said in a statement on Tuesda...
Jul 07, 2020
