Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Potential Tokyo state of emergency does not affect Games - IOC
By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) - A potential state of emergency that could be imposed on Tokyo is unrelated to Olympic Games preparations and is part of the government's plan to curb infections during ...
Apr 21, 2021
Taking a knee, raising a fist to be punished at Tokyo Games - IOC
By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) - Taking a knee during the Tokyo Olympics or lifting a fist in support of racial equality will be punished as the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday maintained ...
Apr 21, 2021
Ice hockey: Women's world championships cancelled due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The women's ice hockey world championships set to be played in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia have been cancelled because of a surge in COVID-19 cases in Canada, Hockey Canada said on Wedn...
Apr 21, 2021
Yellen lays out 'bold' climate agenda for U.S. economy, markets
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday pledged to aggressively tackle climate change using all the tools at her disposal, warning that a failure to do so effectively and promptl...
Apr 21, 2021
Czechs threaten to expel more Russian diplomats unless Czech staff allowed back
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic demanded on Wednesday that Russia allow the return of 20 expelled Czech embassy staff to Moscow by Thursday or face further evictions of its diplomats from Prague...
Apr 21, 2021
COVID-19 forces another CFL schedule rework
(Reuters) - The start of the Canadian Football League's 2021 season will be pushed back almost two months and the schedule trimmed from 18 to 14 games as it continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pa...
Apr 21, 2021
Facebook says Palestinian spies behind hacking campaign
By Elizabeth Culliford and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook says it has disrupted a long-running cyberespionage campaign run by Palestinian intelligence which features spies posing as jo...
Apr 21, 2021
Turkey to resume flights from UK, Denmark
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will resume flights from the United Kingdom and Denmark, Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal Eksi said on Wednesday. Eksi said on Twitter passengers will need to have a negative PCR t...
Apr 21, 2021
Slovakia to open restaurant terraces, gyms in further lockdown easing
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will allow restaurant terraces and gyms to open from next Monday in a further step of easing coronavirus restrictions, the government said on Wednesday. The country of 5.5 ...
Apr 21, 2021
Republicans hope to unveil infrastructure counterproposal Thursday -Wicker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Roger Wicker said that Republicans hope to unveil their counterproposal to Democratic President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan on Thursday. "We would hope to unfurl...
Apr 21, 2021
