Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to issue digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in December -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will issue online COVID-19 vaccination certificates from December, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday. The government plans to issue the certificates - which will be inten...
Sep 04, 2021
Tennis-Fearless teenagers and hungry qualifiers light up U.S. Open
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the old names missing, new faces have taken the spotlight at the U.S. Open as fearless teenagers and hungry qualifiers leave their mark on the year's final G...
Sep 04, 2021
Willard Scott, rollicking weatherman of TV's 'Today' show 35 years, dies at 87
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Willard Scott, the ebullient former "Today" show weatherman, venerator of centenarians, pitchman extraordinaire and the original hamburger-hawking Ronald McDonald, died on Sa...
Sep 04, 2021
Divers to try to locate source of reported oil spill in Gulf - Coast Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private dive team will try to locate the source of a suspected oil spill spotted in the Bay Marchard area of the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, after Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc in...
Sep 04, 2021
Japan PM candidate Kishida wants to delay economic stimulus debate
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan's prime minister, said on Sunday that debate on funding economic stimulus measures he has proposed should wait until...
Sep 04, 2021
Rats, drought and labour shortages eat into global edible oil recovery
By Mei Mei Chu and Naveen Thukral PERAK, Malaysia/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - In a sprawling oil palm plantation in the Malaysian state of Perak, watermelon seedlings are sprouting from freshly ploughed ear...
Sep 04, 2021
Tennis-Number one Barty loses in third round of U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty crashed out of the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday, losing 6-2 1-6 7-6(5) to American Shelby Rogers. (Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Edi...
Sep 04, 2021
New Zealand reports 20 local COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - New Zealand reported 20 local COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the same as in previous day and all in Auckland, the epicentre of an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant, health auth...
Sep 04, 2021
Riley Moss returns two INTs for scores as No. 18 Iowa routs No. 17 Indiana
Cornerback Riley Moss returned two interceptions for touchdowns and Tyler Goodson rushed for 99 yards and one score, lifting No. 18 Iowa to a 34-6 win over No. 17 Indiana on Saturday in Big Ten play a...
Sep 04, 2021
Australia's New South Wales reports 1,485 COVID-19 cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's New South Wales state reported 1,485 new locally acquired COVID-19 infections and three further deaths on Sunday, as authorities are struggling to contain a growing D...
Sep 04, 2021
