Author Archives: Syndicated Content

The NBA is coming back, and here’s 10 things to know
By: Tim Reynolds The deals are done. The NBA is coming back. The season will resume on July 30 at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Florida. Here are 10 things to know about the restarted ...
Chase Miller Jun 27, 2020

No paychecks for 11 big leaguers: advance larger than salary
By: Ronald Blum NEW YORK - Grant Dayton will notice one glaring absence this season after he reports to the Atlanta Braves: his twice-a-month salary. He is among 11 major leaguers whose prorated pay f...
Chase Miller Jun 27, 2020

Play-in round team wins draft lottery, shot at Lafreniere
By: Stephen Whyno Alexis Lafreniere was supposed to walk on stage Friday night in Montreal as the top pick in the NHL draft. After the COVID-19 pandemic paused the hockey season and postponed that pos...
Chase Miller Jun 27, 2020
Iran Quds force chief visits Syria, warns of U.S., Israel 'conspiracies': news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The commander of Iran's elite Quds force visited Eastern Syria in the past few days, and accused the United States and Israel of conspiring to support the Islamic State group, the se...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
France arrests six over stolen Banksy artwork: source
PARIS (Reuters) - Six people have been arrested in France over the theft of an artwork by the British street artist Banksy that was stolen from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, a judicial source sa...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
Malaysia's Mahathir backs new candidate for prime minister
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has thrown his support behind the chief minister of the Borneon state of Sabah as candidate to lead the coun...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
Pakistan's national airline moves to assuage concern on 'dubious' pilot licences
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's national airline has written to foreign missions and global regulatory and safety bodies, assuring them it has grounded all 141 pilots suspected of obt...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
UK ready to quit EU on 'Australia terms' if no Brexit deal, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will be ready to sever ties with the European Union "on Australia terms" if no deal on its future relationship with the bloc is reached, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told hi...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
Irish parliament elects Micheál Martin as prime minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Michel Martin was elected as Ireland's new prime minister by parliament on Saturday to head a coalition tasked with tackling the economic repercussions of the coronavirus crisis and...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
German development bank could lose 100 million euros from Wirecard insolvency
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's state development bank KfW could lose 100 million euros ($112.17 million) after payments company Wirecard filed for insolvency, a spokesman said on Saturday. KfW subsid...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2020
