Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NOTES: Hawks, Yotes ready for Thursday showdown
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - With back-to-back ranked victories to open the season, No. 4 North Dakota will look to make it three straight and a 3-0 start to the year against No. 20 South Dakota on Thur...
Mar 02, 2021
Sweden's Sjostrom returns to the pool after elbow surgery
(Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom has returned to the pool three weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken elbow. The much-medalled 27-year-old posted a picture on ...
Mar 02, 2021
Crisis-hit Lebanese pound falls to new low of 10,000 to the dollar
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's pound tumbled on Tuesday towards 10,000 to the dollar, a record low for a currency battered by a financial meltdown that has fuelled poverty and unrest. The collapse, on a...
Mar 02, 2021
China says door to Xinjiang 'always open' but U.N. rights boss should not prejudge
GENEVA (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that it was discussing a visit to its Xinjiang region by United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, but that she should not set out with the aim of c...
Mar 02, 2021
Tokyo 2020 organisers to raise ratio of women on its board to 42%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto said on Tuesday the committee planned to add 12 new female directors to its board, raising the ratio of women to 42%. Org...
Mar 02, 2021
'Pawri' power: 5-second social media clip pulls India, Pakistan closer
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Pakistani student who shot to fame after her five-second video went viral on social media across the subcontinent, hopes numerous rendit...
Mar 02, 2021
Iraq receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from China
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq received its first 50,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by China as the country is struggling to cope with a new surge of the disease. An Iraqi military tran...
Mar 02, 2021
Gorbachev, last Soviet leader, to mark 90th birthday on Zoom as Putin lauds him
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was expected to throw a Zoom party on Tuesday to celebrate his 90th birthday as President Vladimir Putin lauded him as an outstanding stat...
Mar 02, 2021
Baker Hughes, Akastor merging offshore oil drilling ops
OSLO (Reuters) - Engineering companies Baker Hughes and Akastor plan to merge their offshore oil drilling equipment units to form a global company serving the energy industry, the U.S. and Norwegian f...
Mar 02, 2021
Former Liverpool forward St John dies aged 82
(Reuters) - Former Liverpool and Scotland striker Ian St John has died aged 82 following a long illness, the Premier League champions said on Tuesday. St John was a key part of the Liverpool team mana...
Mar 02, 2021
