Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Equestrian-Tokyo's Oldest Olympian says ready for Paris 2024 "unless body breaks"
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020's oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian horse rider Mary Hanna, said on Saturday she also aimed to take part in the 2024 Olympics unless her body ga...
Jul 24, 2021
U.S. diplomat Sherman to stress need for 'guardrails and parameters' in China talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will make clear to Chinese officials in talks in China that the United States welcomes competition with Beijing, but there needs to ...
Jul 24, 2021
Quake of magnitude 6 strikes Kermadec Islands region -EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Kermadec Islands region, near New Zealand, on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 2...
Jul 24, 2021
Vatican reveals property holdings for first time in transparency drive
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - The Vatican released information on its real estate holdings for the first time on Saturday, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties as part of its most detailed fi...
Jul 24, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Italy's Dell'Aquila wins men's -58kg gold medal
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Italy's Vito Dell'Aquila defeated Tunisia's Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi to win the men's taekwondo -58kg category gold medal on Saturday. South Korean Jang Jun and Russian Mikhail...
Jul 24, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Thomas feels cursed after crash wipes out medal hopes
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Geraint Thomas said he "must have done something wrong in a previous life" after his hopes of a first Olympic road race medal were wiped out by yet another...
Jul 24, 2021
Russia excludes senior Communist candidate from parliamentary vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian electoral authorities on Saturday barred a well-known Communist Party candidate from running in September's parliamentary election, the latest high-profile opposition figure...
Jul 24, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Thailand's Wongpattanakit wins women's 49kG gold medal
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit, the bronze medallist in Rio five years ago, beat Spanish teenager Adriana Cerezo Iglesias to win the gold medal for women's taekwondo in the...
Jul 24, 2021
Cycling-Volcano training sends Ecuador's Carapaz on path to gold
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - A brutally tough Olympic road race course wore down most of the 130 riders who set off from Musashinonomori Park in stifling heat on Saturday but not gold medallist ...
Jul 24, 2021
Vietnam reports record 7,968 coronavirus cases on Saturday
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry reported 7,968 coronavirus infections on Saturday, a record daily increase and up from Friday's record of 7,307. More than two-thirds of the cases are in Ho...
Jul 24, 2021
