Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Microsoft, NBA team up to put virtual fans in basketball arenas
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - When the National Basketball Association restarts its coronavirus-interrupted season on July 30 in its "bubble" in Orlando, Florida, the stands could have more than 300 f...
Jul 24, 2020
White House: children should go back to school even if studies show they transmit coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Children still should go back to school even if future studies find they are transmitting the deadly novel coronavirus that has claimed more than 140,000 U.S. lives because they...
Jul 24, 2020
Rockets hit military base south of Baghdad, no casualties: military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four Katyusha rockets hit a military base used by U.S.-led coalition troops south of Baghdad on Friday and caused some material damage but no casualties, the Iraqi military said in...
Jul 24, 2020
Singaporean pleads guilty in U.S. to acting as Chinese intelligence agent: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Singaporean man who set up a fake consulting site to solicit information from U.S. government and military workers has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese ...
Jul 24, 2020
Senegal strengthens coronavirus testing for travellers
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal is strengthening its coronavirus testing capacity to enable travellers to get tested before leaving the country, and testing those arriving in the West African state. Senegal...
Jul 24, 2020
Nomadic Blue Jays finally find home ballpark in Buffalo
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball's nomadic Toronto Blue Jays finally found a home on Friday announcing they will play the greater part of their home schedule at Buffalo's Sahlen Field, the ballpark u...
Jul 24, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi opposes temporary extension to enhanced jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday she was not considering a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits, which expire on July 31, while Congress continues...
Jul 24, 2020
LeBron addresses Breonna Taylor, social injustice
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James wasn't interested in talking about basketball in a postgame press conference following Thursday night's scrimmage. Instead, James started the nearly 15-minute...
Jul 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 4,024,492 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 4,024,492 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 72,219 cases from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Jul 24, 2020
ECB tells Monte dei Paschi to boost capital for bad loan deal: sources
ROME (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has told troubled Italian lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena to strengthen its capital base by around 700 million euros ($814.45 million) to allow a plan...
Jul 24, 2020
