Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Canada to send largest Olympic team in 37 years to Tokyo
(Reuters) - Canada will send a team of 371 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics that, despite COVID-19 challenges and concerns, will be the country's largest Olympic contingent since the 1984 Los Angeles Su...
Jul 13, 2021
Compulsory jabs too late for my dad, says Frenchwoman preparing to sue
By Lea Guedj PARIS (Reuters) - France announced this week all healthcare workers will have to get a COVID-19 jab, but Johanna Cohen-Ganouna believes if that decision had been taken earlier, her father...
Jul 13, 2021
FCC votes to finalize program to replace Huawei equipment in U.S networks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to finalize a $1.9 billion program to reimburse U.S. carriers for removing equip...
Jul 13, 2021
Golf-Defending champion Lowry grouped with Rahm in Open first round
SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Defending British Open champion Shane Lowry has been grouped with former winner Louis Oosthuizen and Spain's recent U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm for the start of the year'...
Jul 13, 2021
Responding to SOS, Afghan commandos caught in fierce Taliban attack
By Danish Siddiqui KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Minutes after returning from a mission on Tuesday before dawn, a convoy of exhausted Afghan commandos were speeding back out of their base to try t...
Jul 13, 2021
Verizon Business signs 5G contactless payment deal with Mastercard
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Verizon Business on Tuesday signed a deal with Mastercard Inc to use 5G and wireless technology for contactless payments and provide an autonomous checkout ...
Jul 13, 2021
Merkel, Biden face tough talks on Russian gas pipeline, China
By Andreas Rinke and Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joe Biden hold talks at the White House on Thursday that experts say are unlikely to yield major breakthrough...
Jul 13, 2021
Lithuanian parliament votes to allow mass detention of asylum seekers
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's parliament approved the mass detention of asylum seekers on Tuesday and restricted their rights to appeal, in a bid to deter high numbers crossing the border with Belar...
Jul 13, 2021
Schumer says he could bring voting legislation back to Senate floor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he reserves the right to bring voting legislation back to the Senate floor for a vote, after Republicans blocked l...
Jul 13, 2021
Amazon unveils pricing of Prime Video Ligue 1 channel
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. online giant Amazon said on Tuesday that more than 300 exclusive Ligue 1 Uber Eats soccer matches will be broadcast through its new channel Prime Video Ligue 1 and be available ...
Jul 13, 2021
