Author Archives: Syndicated Content
McIlroy calls for more majors at public courses
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy on Wednesday said golf should stage more of its biggest tournaments at public courses to make the game more accessible. This week's PGA Champions...
Aug 05, 2020
CDC says some sickened after swallowing hand sanitizer
(Reuters) - Fifteen cases of methanol poisoning caused by swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, leading to four deaths, the U.S. Centers for...
Aug 05, 2020
Da Costa stretches his lead as Formula E resumes
BERLIN (Reuters) - Antonio Felix da Costa stretched his Formula E lead on Wednesday as the all-electric series resumed its COVID-19-hit season behind closed doors at Berlin's Tempelhof airport after 1...
Aug 05, 2020
Virginia touts nation's first contact tracing app with Apple-Google tech
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Virginia on Wednesday launched the first contact tracing app for the novel coronavirus in the United States that uses new technology from Apple Inc and Alpha...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. pushes ahead with bid to extend Iran arms embargo though support unclear
By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is pushing ahead with its bid to extend an international arms embargo on Iran by way of a second draft U.N. Secu...
Aug 05, 2020
Jakobsen in coma after collision during Tour of Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen has been put in a medically-induced coma after crashing at the finish line on stage one of the Tour of Poland following a collision with compatriot Dyla...
Aug 05, 2020
Second journalist killed in Mexico in under a week
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants shot a journalist dead outside his home in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state prosecutors said on Wednesday, in the second killing of a repor...
Aug 05, 2020
Canada's Barrick Gold considers switching primary stock listing to NYSE: WSJ
(Reuters) - Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold Corp is weighing moving its main listing from Toronto to New York, the company's chief executive said, a step that would weaken its traditional links to Ca...
Aug 05, 2020
Brazil indigenous leader Aritana dead from COVID-19
By Ueslei Marcelino GOIANIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Chief Aritana Yawalapiti, one of Brazil's most influential indigenous leaders who led the people of Upper Xingu in central Brazil and helped create an i...
Aug 05, 2020
U.S. Open cuts winners' prize money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Open singles winners will receive $850,000 less prize money this year, the United States Tennis Association said on Wednesday, with first-round prize money increasing. The te...
Aug 05, 2020
