Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How Sri Lankan protests unfolded
(Reuters) - A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets. On Saturday, President Gotabaya R...
Jul 09, 2022
Iran says U.S.-backed air defence pact with Arabs will raise tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's foreign ministry said on Saturday that plans by the United States and Israel for a joint defence pact with Arab states to counter the threat of Iranian drones and missiles wou...
Jul 09, 2022
Tennis-Russian reject Rybakina plays it cool to win Wimbledon title
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Elena Rybakina was considered surplus to requirements by the Russian tennis federation in 2018 but after she won Wimbledon representing Kazakhstan on Saturday they ...
Jul 09, 2022
Motor racing-Hamilton slams spectators for cheering when he crashed
(Reuters) - Mercedes' seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Saturday he had been stunned to hear spectators cheered when he crashed hard in qualifying for the Austrian Formula One Grand Pr...
Jul 09, 2022
Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil war victor brought down by protests
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to the country's long-running civil war and went on to become ...
Jul 09, 2022
Oprah Winfrey's father dies days after family celebration
(Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon, has died, the doyenne of daytime talk said on her Instagram account on Saturday, just days after she said the family was able to honor her father. "Yesterda...
Jul 09, 2022
Tennis-'Winner pays for dinner' - Djokovic and Kyrgios patch things up before final
LONDON (Reuters) - A bromance between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios was the last thing fans expected coming into Wimbledon, but the two players have buried the hatchet and even decided to go for din...
Jul 09, 2022
Flooding in Pakistan kills dozens as heavy monsoon rains lash the country
By Gul Yousefzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country. In...
Jul 09, 2022
Abbott says it has reopened Michigan baby formula plant
By Akanksha Khushi (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories has reopened its Sturgis, Michigan baby formula plant, which was shut last month due to heavy rains, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday....
Jul 09, 2022
Motor racing-Leclerc says Ferrari drivers cannot afford to fight each other
(Reuters) - Charles Leclerc warned that Ferrari cannot afford a fight between him and Formula One team mate Carlos Sainz at the Austrian Grand Prix after they went wheel-to-wheel in a Saturday sprint....
Jul 09, 2022
