Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bruins' goalie Rask opts out of season, says needs to be with family
(Reuters) - Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask opted out of the National Hockey League (NHL) season on Saturday, saying he needed to be with his family. The announcement came hours before Game 3 of the ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
Turkey's new coronavirus cases up to highest since June
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's new coronavirus cases rose to their highest since June at 1,256, with 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter on Saturday. The coun...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
France reports another post-lockdown peak in daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Health Ministry on Saturday reported 3,310 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, setting a new post-lockdown high for the fourth day in a row and taking the c...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 5,285,546 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 5,285,546 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 56,729 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
Trump campaign plans digital ad campaign during Democratic convention
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign will sink millions of dollars into a digital ad campaign next week during the Democratic presidential conventio...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
Israel condemns U.N. decision not to extend Iran arms embargo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council's decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability, Israel's foreign minister said on Saturday. "The extremis...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
Japanese ship involved in Mauritius oil spill breaks apart
By Omar Mohammed (Reuters) - A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, author...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
Ireland says fresh COVID-19 spike 'deeply concerning'
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported 200 new COVID-19 cases arising from multiple clusters across the country on Saturday, the highest daily amount since the beginning of May that the country's chief m...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
U.N. Human Rights team probes spike in tension in Chile`s restive Araucania
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Office of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights confirmed on Saturday that it had sent a fact-finding team to Chile's restive Araucania region where a jailed ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020
MLB: Reds, Pirates games postponed after COVID-19 positive
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) postponed a Saturday and a Sunday game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19. The two games - whic...
Thomson Reuters Aug 15, 2020