Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Belarus holds election as street protests rattle strongman president
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus votes in an election on Sunday pitting President Alexander Lukashenko against a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to lead the biggest challenge in...
Aug 08, 2020
China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases in mainland, vs 31 day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 23 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug 8, down from 31 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday. Among the new cases, 15 were locally t...
Aug 08, 2020
Australia's Victoria reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, although new infections showed...
Aug 08, 2020
Esper: U.S. will cut troop levels in Afghanistan to 'less than 5,000'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to cut its troop levels in Afghanistan to "a number less than 5,000" by the end of November, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview broadcast ...
Aug 08, 2020
Barclays being probed by UK privacy watchdog on accusations of spying on staff
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Barclays Plc is being probed by the United Kingdom's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), over allegations that the British bank spied on its st...
Aug 08, 2020
Morikawa grabs early one-shot clubhouse lead
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Collin Morikawa birdied three of his final four holes to grab a one-shot, third-round clubhouse lead over Bryson DeChambeau at the PGA Championship on Saturday while overnigh...
Aug 08, 2020
Harvick wins, again, at Michigan
The NASCAR Cup Series is running a Saturday-Sunday doubleheader at Michigan International Speedway this weekend. Considering his results there, you've got to believe that Kevin Harvick wishes it were ...
Aug 08, 2020
Mexico's coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000, cases above 475,900
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 475,902 cases and 5...
Aug 08, 2020
Mexico stops bleeding jobs, president says, 15,000 added so far in August
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has started getting people back to work again in August after losing 1.1 million formal jobs between March and July due to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandem...
Aug 08, 2020
After MAC surrenders to pandemic, will other leagues follow?
By: Ralph D. Russo In many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football. There are no 75,000-seat st...
Aug 08, 2020
