Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China 'shocked' by U.S. reversal on U.N. coronavirus action: diplomat
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - China and the United States both supported a draft United Nations Security Council resolution confronting the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and it was "shoc...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
Brazil's central bank to shower economy with money in case of depression: economy minister
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the country's central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of an economic depression. Still, Guedes sai...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
Swiss National Bank battling enormous pressure on safe-haven franc: Jordan
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank has no alternative to its ultra-expansive monetary policy, with the coronavirus crisis heaping "enormous" appreciation pressure on the safe-haven Swiss franc...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
2020 legion baseball season cancelled in Minnesota
Legion baseball in the state of Minnesota was cancelled on Saturday. "Safety has always been important in American Legion Baseball," says Director of Minnesota American Legion Baseball Randy Schaub. "...
Chase Miller May 09, 2020
Colleges thrown for big losses in sports budget crunch
By: Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - With the end of this virus-disrupted school year drawing nearer, a predictably bleak financial outlook for major college sports has emerged from the budgeting process. ...
Chase Miller May 09, 2020
Alex Morgan becomes U.S. national team's newest soccer mom
(Reuters) - Alex Morgan, who helped the United States women's soccer team to World Cup and Olympic titles, has become the newest mom in the national squad after giving birth to her first child. Morgan...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
Soccer star Morgan welcomes daughter
U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan will celebrate her first Mother's Day on Sunday. Morgan announced that she and her husband, Servando Carrasco, welcomed a daughter on Thursday. "At 1130am on May 7 weighin...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
Russia buries latest priest to die from coronavirus
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Father Andrei Molchanov, the latest Russian Orthodox priest to die from the novel coronavirus, was buried on Saturday by his heartbroken daughter who said she wis...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 1,274,036 coronavirus cases, 77,034 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 1,274,036 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 25,996 cases from its previous count, and said the num...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020
Report: Bulls leaning toward removing coach Boylen
The Chicago Bulls' new leaders have gotten enough negative reviews of coach Jim Boylen that they are leaning toward moving on without him, according to a report. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturda...
Thomson Reuters May 09, 2020