Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Giants QB Tyrod Taylor to start vs. Rams
New York Giants quarterback Tyrod Taylor will be under center to start Sunday's game against the visiting Los Angeles Rams, coach Brian Daboll announced Wednesday. Taylor replaced undrafted rookie Tom...
Dec 27, 2023
Packers suspend Jaire Alexander 1 game for coin-toss fiasco
The Green Bay Packers suspended cornerback Jaire Alexander for one game on Wednesday for conduct detrimental to the team stemming from his coin-toss blunder last week that nearly cost the club a posse...
Dec 27, 2023
Biden says US air strikes in Iraq aimed to deter Iran, militants from attacks
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's air strikes on Monday in Iraq aimed to deter Iran and Iran-backed militia groups from conducting or supporting attacks on United States per...
Dec 27, 2023
At least 40 more people die in floods and landslides in DR Congo
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic Of Congo (Reuters) - At least 40 more people have died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said, after heavy downpours overnight on Tuesday unleashed...
Dec 27, 2023
Turkish court refuses to release jailed MP despite top court ruling
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court refused on Wednesday to release the newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay despite a Constitutional Court ruling that his rights to security, liberty and to ...
Dec 27, 2023
Gaston Glock, the man behind the gun, dies aged 94 - APA
By Kirsti Knolle Gaston Glock, the reclusive engineer and tycoon who developed one of the world's best-selling handguns, died on Wednesday aged 94, Austrian news agency APA said. The Austrian won loya...
Dec 27, 2023
France expels two Azerbaijan diplomats in 'reciprocity'
PARIS (Reuters) - France has declared two employees of Azerbaijan's embassy persona non grata in a move of "reciprocity", the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Azerbaijan's foreign ministry on Tuesd...
Dec 27, 2023
Wolfgang Schaeuble, steely German statesman and staunch Merkel ally, dies at 81
BERLIN (Reuters) - Wheelchair-bound from 1990 when a deranged gunman's bullets crippled and almost killed him, Wolfgang Schaeuble's instinct for survival also permeated his professional life as one of...
Dec 27, 2023
Mexico leader urges US to invest in people, not walls, ahead of Blinken meeting
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress should focus on investing in people instead of building walls, hours before he was set to meet...
Dec 27, 2023
Tom Smothers, half of American comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
(Reuters) - American comic Tom Smothers, one-half of the musical-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died on Tuesday at 86 at home in California after being diagnosed with cancer, his family said in a s...
Dec 27, 2023
