Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey approves development plans for Istanbul canal: minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has approved development plans for a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, Environment Minister Murat Kurum said on Saturday, advancing a project which has attracted criticis...
Mar 27, 2021
Loud bang heard in Damascus amid operation to clear explosives
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A loud blast heard in the Syrian capital was the result of an operation to clear stray explosives in an area of the Damascus countryside, state news agency SANA said on Saturday. ...
Mar 27, 2021
Tennis: Halep withdraws from Miami Open with shoulder injury
(Reuters) - Third seed Simona Halep has withdrawn from the Miami Open singles and doubles events due to a right shoulder injury, the Romanian said on Saturday. Halep, who received a bye into the secon...
Mar 27, 2021
Figure skating: Chen wins third straight world title as Hanyu falters
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American Nathan Chen won the men's singles gold for the third consecutive time at the figure skating world championships on Saturday as early favourite Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan fell...
Mar 27, 2021
Northern Mali officials say French strike killed civilians, France denies
(Corrects name in paragraph 7) By Paul Lorgerie and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) - Local officials in northern Mali accused France's army on Friday of killing six civilians in an airstrike, but Fre...
Mar 27, 2021
Chinese FM: Beijing and UAE to work together on affordable vaccines
DUBAI (Reuters) - China wants to work with the United Arab Emirates on the production of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, the country's top diplomat told the Emirates state news agency WAM on Saturday. "...
Mar 27, 2021
Vietnam sees foreign investment rise to $4.1 billion in first quarter
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam received $4.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first three months of 2021, up 6.5% from a year earlier, government data showed on Saturday. FDI has been a ke...
Mar 27, 2021
MVFC Cancels USD vs. NDSU Football Game
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has canceled the South Dakota-North Dakota State football game scheduled for today (Saturday, March 27) at 1 p.m. at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D., due to ...
Mar 27, 2021
Coaching great Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87
Howard Schnellenberger, who rose to prominence as the architect of the Miami Hurricanes dynasty in the 1980s, died Saturday at the age of 87, his family announced. No cause of death was given in the s...
Mar 27, 2021
Germany expects first delivery of J&J COVID-19 shot in mid-April
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is due to receive the first small delivery of Johnson & Johnson's single dose COVID-19 vaccine in mid-April, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Saturday, giving the country ...
Mar 27, 2021
