Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colorado lawmakers set to approve death penalty repeal
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - State lawmakers in Denver were expected to pass and send to the governor on Wednesday a bill that would repeal the death penalty in Colorado, making it the 22nd sta...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Japan defends cautious approach on coronavirus testing amid concerns
By Linda Sieg and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry on Wednesday defended its cautious approach to coronavirus testing as domestic cases increased and South Korea prepared to t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Can Sanders beat Trump? A growing number of Democratic voters say yes
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernie Sanders' Democratic presidential rivals warn that nominating the self-described democratic socialist will ensure President Donald Trump's re-election, but a gr...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Democratic White House candidates head to South Carolina black ministers' breakfast
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Democratic White House contenders will appear at a breakfast with black ministers in South Carolina on Wednesday, hours after a row...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Alpine skiing: Women's World Cup event to go ahead in Italy
(Reuters) - The women's World Cup alpine skiing races at La Thuile in Italy's Aosta valley are to go ahead as planned, but with a limited number of spectators, because the area has not been affected b...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Bosnia war veterans become peace messengers as threats to stability rise
By Daria Sito-Sucic MAGLAJ, Bosnia (Reuters) - They played football together as young men. Then they fought each other in a 1990s war in three rival Bosnian armies. Now, as the country goes from one c...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
China to Russia: End discriminatory coronavirus measures against Chinese
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - China's embassy in Russia has demanded authorities in Moscow end what it said are discriminatory anti-coronavirus measures against Chinese nationals, say...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Top 25 roundup: Wake Forest upsets No. 7 Duke in 2 OTs
Junior center Olivier Sarr scored a career-high 25 points before fouling out, and Brandon Childress made a series of key late-game plays as host Wake Forest upset No. 7 Duke 113-101 in double overtime...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
EU faces productivity, debt reduction, investment challenges: Commission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Productivity is not growing fast enough in the European Union, investment is still too low and public debt remains high in countries most in need of reducing it, the European Comm...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020
Thai PM, army deny campaigns on social media to target political opponents
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister and the army denied on Wednesday opposition accusations in parliament that the military targets political opponents and rights activists with online propa...
Thomson Reuters Feb 26, 2020