Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cricket-De Kock quits tests but stays on for South Africa in white ball cricket
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Quinton de Kock has announced his retirement from test cricket, another blow to South Africa's brittle top six batting line-up in the longest format of the game that has seen them...
Dec 30, 2021
Russia lists Pussy Riot member, art collector and satirist as 'foreign agents'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday designated a member of the Pussy Riot punk band, a prominent art collector and a well-known satirist as "foreign agents", the latest in a series of moves critics ...
Dec 30, 2021
France reports 200,000 new daily Covid cases for second day running
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 206,243 new confirmed coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period on Thursday, a totally above the 200,000 limit for the second day running. The record of 208,099 was set j...
Dec 30, 2021
NFL asks teams to hold moment of silence for John Madden
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has asked all home teams to hold a moment of silence before each game this weekend in honor of John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach and broadcasting icon who died Tuesday...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. CDC recommends against cruise travel as COVID-19 cases resurge
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people should avoid cruise travel regardless of vaccination status, following a jump in onboard COVID-19 cases, in a major blow to t...
Dec 30, 2021
Furniture giant IKEA raises prices as supply chain woes persist
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The world's biggest furniture brand IKEA is raising prices by an average of 9% as it faces increasing costs in transport and raw materials, the owner of most of its stores worldw...
Dec 30, 2021
China's CanSino says it plans further vaccine deliveries to Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - China's CanSino Biologics said on Thursday it will resume supplies of its COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico next year, following a Reuters report that the Mexican government had cut i...
Dec 30, 2021
Italy reports new record 126,888 coronavirus cases on Thursday, 156 deaths
MILAN - Italy reported 126,888 COVID-19 related cases on Thursday, against 98,030 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths rose to 156 from 148. Thursday's infections mark ...
Dec 30, 2021
Tiscali, Linkem to create Italy's fifth largest fixed line operator
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecoms operator Tiscali and Linkem Retail, a unit of private broadband group Linkem, have agreed to merge in a deal that would create Italy's fifth largest fixed line telecoms oper...
Dec 30, 2021
Explosion reported at CSX facility in Baltimore; no injuries reported -Baltimore Sun
(Reuters) - Emergency officials were responding to an explosion at a CSX train facility in Baltimore on Thursday, the Baltimore Sun reported, adding that no injuries had been reported. (Reporting by T...
Dec 30, 2021
