Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two hundred flights cancelled at Lisbon airport at start of strike
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Two hundred flights were cancelled at Lisbon airport on Saturday at the start of a two-day strike by Groundforce handling company workers, with more cancellation...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Gunmen kidnap dozens of villagers in northwestern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen abducted at least 60 people in northwestern Nigeria after riding motorbikes into five villages and firing sporadically into the air, a police official and several...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Motor racing-Verstappen wins Silverstone Sprint for British GP pole
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) -Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix and made Formula One history by winning the sport's first Saturday sprint race to stretch h...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Cycling-Pogacar to win back-to-back Tours de France, Van Aert wins final time trial
SAINT EMILION, France (Reuters) - Slovenian Tadej Pogacar was poised to win a second consecutive Tour de France title after the Slovenian retained the overall leader's yellow in the 20th stage, a 30.8...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Golf-Macintyre makes hay in sun, but Royal St George's course bites back
SANDWICH (Reuters) - With a clear blue sky above, the lightest of breezes and fairways still playing relatively soft, the Royal St Georges's course looked vulnerable when Scotland's Robert Macintyre f...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
'Hollywood Ripper' sentenced to death for murdering two women in California
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A California judge on Friday sentenced a man nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper" to death for the home-invasion murders of two women in the early 2000s, one of whom was preparin...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
South African authorities probe coastal chemical spill in Durban
By Siyabonga Sishi and Rogan Ward DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African authorities in the port city of Durban said on Saturday they were investigating a coastal chemical spill that may have ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Former Illinois DE Bobby Roundtree dies at 23
Former Illinois defensive end Bobby Roundtree, who was paralyzed in a 2019 swimming accident, died unexpectedly Friday at age 23. The school confirmed his passing a news release. "All of us with Illin...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Germany's floods cover livelihoods in sludge
By Hakan Erdem and Frank Simon BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, Germany (Reuters) - Business owners in a town badly hit by the record flooding in Germany struggled on Saturday to pick up the pieces after their...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
Report: Tampa Bay's Jaydon Mickens faces two gun charges
Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver/return specialist Jaydon Mickens is facing two misdemeanor charges related to an arrest earlier this year, according to TMZ. Mickens was arrested in early March in Los An...
Thomson Reuters Jul 17, 2021
