Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NFL coaches' claims of incentives to lose pose legal risks for league
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed last week accusing the National Football League of racist hiring practices brought to light allegations that owners secretly offered incentives to coaches to lo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Hard-hit by COVID pandemic, NYC's Chinatown hopeful for new year
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Red lanterns and festive decorations adorn many store fronts along the narrow streets of Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, where Lunar New Year celebrations are...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-Ready, steady, eat! Athletes have Olympian appetites in Beijing
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic athletes are almost super-human when it comes to training, competing and... eating. Consuming the equivalent of almost two dozen plates of pasta a day m...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. weighs Chevron request to take Venezuela oil for debt payments -sources
By Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering a Chevron Corp proposal to allow the U.S. oil major to accept and trade Venezuelan oil ca...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Factbox-Biden administration sees carbon capture as key tool in climate fight
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden wants to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to fight climate change, a plan that will require not just steep cuts in carbon output b...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Canada police seen getting tough as trucker protests continue
OTTAWA (Reuters) - As the protest against the Canadian government's health measures and vaccine mandates entered an eleventh day on Monday, police have threatened to clamp down after facing criticism ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Olympics-China's U.N. envoy says choice of Uyghur torchbearer not meant to deflect Western criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's United Nations envoy has rejected his U.S. counterpart's remark that China's choice of an ethnic Uyghur as a torchbearer for the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Soccer-UK and Ireland to bid for Euro 2028 instead of 2030 World Cup
(Reuters) -Britain and Ireland have announced plans for a bid to host the 2028 European Championship, the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Irelan...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
Hong Kong residents raid supermarket shelves as COVID surge disrupts supplies
By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents crowded supermarkets and neighbourhood fresh food markets on Monday to stock up on vegetables, noodles and other necessities after a record numb...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 393.54 million, death toll at 6,108,342
By Lynx Insight Service (Reuters) - More than 393.54 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,108,342 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infection...
Thomson Reuters Feb 07, 2022
