Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Marco forecast to become hurricane as governors urge residents to take precautions
By Brendan O'Brien and Erwin Seba (Reuters) - Marco, one of two tropical storms headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast, was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane later on Saturday as coastal governors urged...
Aug 22, 2020
U.S. energy firms shutting down offshore Gulf of Mexico production as storms loom
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil producers on Saturday continued to shut down offshore production while evacuating workers from Gulf of Mexico platforms as two tropical storms took aim at the major oil-pr...
Aug 22, 2020
Pompeo to visit Israel, UAE this week, source says; peace, Iran, China on agenda
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and travel on to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to discuss the countries' normalisation deal, a person briefe...
Aug 22, 2020
WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as adults, while children between...
Aug 22, 2020
Raptors' Nurse voted NBA Coach of the Year
(Reuters) - Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been named NBA Coach of the Year after guiding the defending champions to another 50-win domestic season, the league said on Saturday. Nurse led t...
Aug 22, 2020
Zambian president sacks central bank governor in surprise move
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Saturday summarily dismissed central bank governor Denny Kalyalya and replaced him with Christopher Mvunga, a statement from State House said. The a...
Aug 22, 2020
French government condemns vandalism at site of Nazi massacre
PARIS (Reuters) - French government officials on Saturday said they would work to track down those responsible for defacing a memorial to the victims of a Nazi massacre during World War Two, which was...
Aug 22, 2020
NASCAR's first Black track president hired in Nashville
The Nashville Superspeedway named Erik Moses its president, the first Black person to lead a NASCAR track. Dover Motorsports, Inc., owner of the track, announced his hiring on Saturday. One of Moses' ...
Aug 22, 2020
Rescuers recover two bodies in Texas offshore explosion
(Reuters) - The bodies of two of four workers missing after a dredging vessel caught fire and sank in Corpus Christi, Texas, harbor were recovered on Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Four workers ...
Aug 22, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 174,645 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,155 to 174,645 and reported 5,598,547 cases, an in...
Aug 22, 2020
