Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Giolito scheduled to start for White Sox at Twins
Minnesota Twins Game Day Preview vs Chicago White Sox-Monday August 9, 2021 (Associated Press) Chicago White Sox (66-46, first in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (48-64, fifth in the AL Central) M...
Aug 09, 2021
Long delays as Canada opens border to fully vaccinated American tourists after 16 months
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Long delays were reported at the Canadian-U.S. border on Monday as Ottawa finally opened doors to fully vaccinated American tourists for the first time in 16 months, causing a ru...
Aug 09, 2021
Angry Greeks criticise government response after wildfire devastation
By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - As flames threatened to engulf the home of Stelios Kokkinelis in a suburb north of Athens at the weekend and the emergency services failed to respond to his ca...
Aug 09, 2021
Myanmar says alleged plot against U.N. envoy was nothing to do with the country
(Reuters) - Myanmar's foreign ministry said on Monday that an alleged plot in New York against United Nations ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, an opponent of the ruling junta, had nothing to do with the count...
Aug 09, 2021
Pakistan urges look into 'meltdown' of Afghan forces as Taliban advances
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan on Monday said the international community needed to look into the "meltdown" of Afghan security forces in the face of Taliban offensives across Afghanistan, instead of b...
Aug 09, 2021
Italy's coronavirus deaths double to 22 on Monday
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 22 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, double the day's before figure, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 4,200 from 5,735. It...
Aug 09, 2021
Phillips 66 to acquire stake in NOVONIX as demand for EV battery materials rises
(Reuters) - Phillips 66 will acquire a 16% stake in lithium-ion battery material supplier NOVONIX Limited for $150 million, the U.S. refiner said on Monday, as demand for electric-vehicle battery mate...
Aug 09, 2021
The Facebook group that staged first in Cuba's wave of protests
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - "Tired of having no electricity?" read a post in a Facebook group for residents of the small Cuban town of San Antonio de los Banos on July 10. "Fed up of having to l...
Aug 09, 2021
Czech government opts for interim spymaster amid political row
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government delayed appointing a new head of its BIS counterintelligence agency on Monday in a move seen as allowing Prime Minister Andrej Babis to keep the country's presi...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S., China trade barbs at U.N. over South China Sea
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict "would have se...
Aug 09, 2021
