Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Surfing-Costa Rica's Hennessy, Hawaii's Mamiya score maiden wins
(Reuters) - Hawaiian wildcard Barron Mamiya beat Japan's Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi in the final of surfing's Hurley Pro Sunset Beach on Friday, catapulting the youngster to the top of th...
Feb 18, 2022
Olympics-Beijing 2022 reports no new COVID cases on Feb 18
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Saturday that no new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 18. (Reporting by Andrew Galb...
Feb 18, 2022
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-New Zealand's Porteous wins gold in men's freeski halfpipe
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Nico Porteous of New Zealand won gold in the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe event at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday. David Wise of the United States took silver, whil...
Feb 18, 2022
Analysis-Hong Kong's 'zero-COVID' success now worsens strains of Omicron spike
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong until recently had an enviable record battling COVID-19, but as an Omicron wave now overwhelms the city, the steps that saved lives are making life unbea...
Feb 18, 2022
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Mixed team parallel event delayed due to high winds
YANQING, China (Reuters) - High winds forced organisers to delay the start of the Alpine mixed team parallel race by at least an hour at the Beijing Games on Saturday. Organisers said they planned to ...
Feb 18, 2022
Carnival Cruise Line to ease mask mandate for guests from March 1
(Reuters) - Carnival Cruise Line plans to make masks optional for its guests from March 1 after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eased its warnings for cruise ships, the compa...
Feb 18, 2022
China reports 137 new coronavirus cases on Feb 18 vs 87 day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 137 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 18, the country's national health authority said on Saturday, up from 87 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 80 we...
Feb 18, 2022
Canada's Freeland strays from G20 economic script to warn Russia on Ukraine - sources
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped well beyond economic policy at a G20 finance meeting on Friday to issue an "impassioned" wa...
Feb 18, 2022
NBA-Ginobili, Whalen headline 2022 Hall of Fame finalists
(Reuters) - Four-time NBA champion Manu Ginobili and three-time WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen were among the six players named as finalists for entry into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ...
Feb 18, 2022
Plans for truck convoys to arrive in Washington around State of the Union- police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There are plans for a series of truck convoys to arrive in Washington D.C. around the time of the State of the Union address to be given by President Joe Biden on March 1, the ...
Feb 18, 2022
