Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rory McIlroy blunt after opening PGA with 74: 'S---'
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- The PGA Championship press conference moderator asked Rory McIlroy to describe his opening round Thursday, and the six-time major winner needed just one word, not fit for print....
May 14, 2026
World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill retiring in August, internal memo says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill will retire at the end of August, the multilateral development bank's president, Ajay Banga, told staff in a me...
May 14, 2026
UK student dies after meningitis cases at college, two treated
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - A student in southern England has died after contracting suspected meningitis, health authorities said on Thursday, adding that two other young people were being treated fol...
May 14, 2026
Rockies place RHP Jimmy Herget (shoulder) on 15-day IL
Colorado Rockies right-hander Jimmy Herget went on the 15-day injured list on Thursday because of a right shoulder impingement. Herget, who had been away from the team on the bereavement/family emerge...
May 14, 2026
Athletics acquire LHP Jose Suarez from Mariners
The Athletics acquired left-hander Jose Suarez from the Seattle Mariners on Thursday for cash considerations and designated outfielder Junior Perez for assignment. Suarez, 28, has posted a 0-1 record ...
May 14, 2026
Iran's Asghar Farhadi bends his own cinematic rules in Cannes entry 'Parallel Tales'
By Francesca Halliwell CANNES, France, May 14 (Reuters) - Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi allowed himself to go outside his cinema red lines and play with structure in his Paris...
May 14, 2026
US pledges new humanitarian aid to UN, says it must align with Trump's interests
By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The State Department's top aid official said on Thursday that $1.8 billion in new humanitarian aid to be provided by the U.S. through...
May 14, 2026
Venezuela debt restructuring to bring country 'out of shadows,' central bank chief says
By Deisy Buitrago May 14 (Reuters) - Restructuring Venezuela's sovereign debt and that of state oil firm PDVSA will bring the country "out of the shadows" of the global financial system, interim Centr...
May 14, 2026
UN human-rights experts urge Starbucks and US to address union-busting claims
By Waylon Cunningham May 14 (Reuters) - A group of United Nations human-rights experts has asked Starbucks and the U.S. government to respond to allegations that Starbucks has carried out a years-long...
May 14, 2026
U.S. reports no hantavirus cases from cruise outbreak, monitors 41
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - There are no confirmed cases in the United States of the Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ...
May 14, 2026
