Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-weighlifting-From "plot" to pride for Philippines' first Olympic champion
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, a day after making history as the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medallist, took top billing in an ecstatic nation's newspapers on Tue...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-Powerhouse Germany retain dressage gold
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) -Equestrian powerhouse Germany comfortably won the dressage team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, with a trio of riders led by world number one Isabell W...
Jul 27, 2021
More U.S. companies tie CEO pay to diversity metrics - study
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate diversity has become the most common type of sustainability metric used in setting executive pay, a new study found, as companies look to increase the share...
Jul 27, 2021
Walmart dropping $1 a day fee for employees' college degrees
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it will pay the full cost of college tuition and books for its roughly 1.5 million full and part-time employees, effective Aug. 16. The largest private...
Jul 27, 2021
Cyber insurance startup At-Bay raises $185 million at $1.35 billion valuation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Cyber insurance startup At-Bay said on Tuesday it raised $185 million at a $1.35 billion valuation to expand its business as many in the cyber industry face growing losses due to...
Jul 27, 2021
Outrage in Greece at killing of Kostis, a rare Monk seal rescued by fishermen
By Phoebe Fronista ATHENS (Reuters) - An orphaned Monk seal known as Kostis which had become a local celebrity in Greece after being rescued by fishermen three years ago has been found harpooned from ...
Jul 27, 2021
Spain keeps unchanged 2021 and 2022 GDP growth forecasts
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government kept unchanged its economic growth forecast for this year at 6.5% as it was set in April, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tuesday. The economy is likel...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Russian Larin wins men's +80kg gold medal
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - The Russia Olympic Committee's Vladislav Larin defeated North Macedonia's Dejan Georgievski to win the men's taekwondo +80kg category gold medal on Tuesday. Cuba's Rafael Yuni...
Jul 27, 2021
Attackers kill five soldiers, one civilian in north Cameroon, say officials
DOUALA (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers killed five Cameroonian soldiers and one civilian during a raid on a military outpost in the far north of the country, local authorities said on Tuesday, the ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Softball-Japan win gold in 2-0 shutdown of United States
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan won the gold medal in softball at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday by beating the United States 2-0. The result left the United States with the silver medal....
Jul 27, 2021
