Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-South Korea drops plan to appeal short track DQs at CAS
By Angie Teo BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korea's Olympic Committee (KSOC) said on Sunday it has dropped plans to file an appeal with sport's highest court over the disqualification of two short track sp...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Shiffrin ends medalless Olympics with love letter to media
By Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) - Ski star Mikaela Shiffrin could have blamed external pressure for her disappointments at the Beijing Winter Games, but even after missing out on a podium ...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Cross-country skiing-Johaug dominates women's 30km to win Norway's 16th gold
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Norway's Therese Johaug powered to victory in the final race of her Olympic career, winning the women's 30km freestyle mass start in a display of enor...
Feb 19, 2022
'Fortress Australia' to welcome tourists for first time under COVID
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the ...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Friedrich caps off German sliding gold rush with four-man crown
By David Kirton YANQING, China (Reuters) -Francesco Friedrich's crew capped off an extraordinary showing of German sliding prowess this Winter Olympics by thundering to gold in the four-man event on S...
Feb 19, 2022
Beijing 2022 reports no new COVID cases among Games-related personnel on Feb. 19
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing 2022 Olympics organiser said on Sunday that no new COVID-19 cases were detected among Games-related personnel on Feb. 19. (Reporting by Sophie Yu, Gao Liangping, Ryan Woo; ...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Curling-Britain beat Japan to win women's curling gold
BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain won the gold medal in the women's curling competition at the Beijing Olympics after beating Japan at the National Aquatics Centre on Sunday. Japan were awarded silver while...
Feb 19, 2022
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Austria win gold in mixed team parallel
YANQING, China (Reuters) - Austria won the gold medal in the Alpine skiing mixed team parallel on Sunday, beating Germany in the final. Norway took bronze after beating the United States in the third-...
Feb 19, 2022
Federal oil lease sales delayed as Interior Dept navigates court decisions
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upcoming federal oil and gas lease sales will be delayed as the Interior Department figures out how to weigh the climate impact of those sales without using...
Feb 19, 2022
Exclusive-Trump's Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, per executive
By Julia Love and Helen Coster (Reuters) - Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, appears set to launch in Apple's App Store on Monday, according to posts from an executive on a test v...
Feb 19, 2022
