Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. senators haggle over funding of $1 trillion infrastructure compromise
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan infrastructure plan costing a little over $1 trillion, only about a fourth of what President Joe Biden initially proposed, has been gaining suppor...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
Box Office: 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' Takes Top Spot From 'A Quiet Place 2'
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" nabbed the top spot on box office charts, debuting with $11.6 million from 3,331 U.S. venues over the weekend. The Lionsga...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
UK records 9,284 new COVID-19 cases, amid rising trend
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 9,284 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test. Although lower than recent days, the number of new cases ref...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
UEFA probes discrimination at Euros matches in Budapest
(Reuters) - UEFA is investigating "potential discriminatory incidents" during Hungary's European Championship matches against Portugal and France at the Puskas Arena, European soccer's governing body ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
S.African 'diamond rush' unearths only quartz crystals, officials say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
White House says Biden to meet with Afghanistan's Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet at the White House with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliatio...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
Three students dead after Nigeria school kidnapping, says principal
By Garba Muhammad and Libby George KADUNA (Reuters) - Three children have died following a school kidnapping of 94 students and eight staff in northwest Nigeria this week, the establishment's principa...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
String of shootings in Mexico border city kill 18 people
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Attacks by armed gunmen firing from cars in several neighborhoods of the northern Mexico city of Reynosa killed 18 people, state security forces said on Sunday. The multiple sh...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
Lebanon's crisis caused by feud over power, says EU envoy
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday a fight among Lebanese leaders to secure power is at the heart of its government crisis and he urged them t...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
Tennis-Humbert stuns Rublev to claim Halle title
(Reuters) - France's Ugo Humbert pulled off a surprise 6-3 7-6(4) win over world number seven Andrey Rublev to claim his maiden ATP 500 title on the Halle grasscourts on Sunday. Humbert stepped up his...
Thomson Reuters Jun 20, 2021
