Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian, Tajik defence ministers discuss response to Afghan conflict risks - TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Tajik counterpart Sherali Mirzo on Saturday discussed joint measures to counter threats from the Taliban in the Tajik-Afghan border ar...
Jul 24, 2021
Avalanche re-sign D Cale Makar to six-year deal
The Colorado Avalanche have locked up Cale Makar long-term, signing the defenseman to a six-year contract on Saturday. Makar, 22, was a Norris Trophy finalist this season after finishing with eight go...
Jul 24, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Powerhouse Peaty shakes off the 'cobwebs' in style
TOKYO (Reuters) - Adam Peaty said he was just shaking off the cobwebs, and felt weird without fans watching, but he still won his Olympic 100m breaststroke heat on Saturday with a time faster than any...
Jul 24, 2021
UK records 31,795 new COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 31,795 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a fall of almost 5,000 from the previous day, official government data showed. Delays with the data meant the number of death...
Jul 24, 2021
After six worker deaths at Georgia chicken plant, U.S. issues $1 million in fines
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - A North Georgia chicken plant and its associated companies face $1 million in fines and scores of citations from the Biden administration over the deaths of six worke...
Jul 24, 2021
Italy reports five daily coronavirus deaths, 5,140 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy reported five coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 17 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections was almost unchanged at 5,140 f...
Jul 24, 2021
U.S. to stress need for 'guardrails' in Sherman's talks in China
By Michael Martina, Yew Lun Tian and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will tell China in upcoming talks that while Washington welcomes compet...
Jul 24, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-Dutch, Denmark and Germany make strong start in dressage
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Denmark got off to a strong start in the first equestrian dressage qualifiers on Saturday along with heavyweight contenders Germany who have Is...
Jul 24, 2021
Crowdfunding raises over 30,000 euros for German flood victims
By Andi Kranz and Sergey Karazy ERFTSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - A entrepreneur from eastern Germany who raised more than 30,000 euros to help victims of the catastrophic floods that hit western areas l...
Jul 24, 2021
Jordan to vaccinate children aged 12 years and older against COVID-19
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Jordan will start vaccinating children aged 12 years and older against COVID-19 from Sunday, the state news agency said on Saturday. Children can be given the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccin...
Jul 24, 2021
