Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Both sides in Peru's contested election double down in weekend rallies
LIMA (Reuters) - Supporters of socialist Pedro Castillo and conservative Keiko Fujimori took to the streets by the thousands in Peru on Saturday, as tensions rose over the result of the June 6 preside...
Jun 19, 2021
'Forces for good will prevail' - Taiwan welcomes massive US vaccine aid
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reacted with an outpouring of thanks to the United States for shipping 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the major semiconductor-producing island, more t...
Jun 19, 2021
ATP roundup: Andrey Rublev rallies into Halle final
No. 4 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia was tested by Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili but advanced with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory on Saturday to reach the final of the Noventi Open in Halle, Germany. It's the...
Jun 19, 2021
WTA roundup: Belinda Bencic reaches second final of season
No. 5 seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland held off unseeded Alize Cornet of France 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final of the Bett1Open on Saturday in Berlin. With the victory, Bencic reached her second final ...
Jun 19, 2021
China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases versus 30 the day before
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the mainland for June 19, down from 30 infections a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday. All new cases were...
Jun 19, 2021
French far-right tests voters' appetite in regional elections
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French voters go to the polls on Sunday in regional elections that will test the appeal of far-right leader Marine Le Pen's softened image less than a year before the ...
Jun 19, 2021
Cuba encouraged by early trials of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Soberana 2 vaccine candidate has shown 62% efficacy with just two of its three doses, state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday, citing preliminar...
Jun 19, 2021
Motor racing-Di Grassi wins Puebla Formula E race
(Reuters) - Brazilian Lucas di Grassi won Formula E's Puebla e-Prix, the eighth race of the all-electric series' season, on Saturday after Germany's Pascal Wehrlein finished ahead but was disqualified...
Jun 19, 2021
'So happy': Honduran asylum-seeker celebrates rejoining family in U.S.
By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - There was one word that rolled off migrant Andy Molina's tongue as he spoke about plans to soon reunite with his wife and son in the United States after...
Jun 19, 2021
Airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's airlines and holiday companies are planning a "day of action" on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on the government to ease travel restrictions, with just weeks to go before ...
Jun 19, 2021
