Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NFL: Annual Hall of Fame game, ceremony moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - The annual NFL Hall of Fame exhibition game, the traditional curtain-raiser to the football season, has been pushed back by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday...
Jun 25, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic makes more people vulnerable to trafficking, says annual U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic had made more people vulnerable to human trafficking, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday as an annual U.S. report added Afghanistan an...
Jun 25, 2020
Former Trump 2016 Republican rival Fiorina to back Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Carly Fiorina, a formal rival of Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, plans to cast her vote for Democrat Joe Biden in November. "I've been very clear t...
Jun 25, 2020
Russia quits U.N. system aimed at protecting hospitals, aid in Syria
By Tom Perry and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia has quit a United Nations arrangement that aimed to protect hospitals and humanitarian aid deliveries in Syria from being hit by the...
Jun 25, 2020
Brazil Supreme Court selects Luiz Fux as next chief justice
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously chose Luiz Fux as its next chief justice, to serve a two-year term that begins on September 10, current Chief Justice Dias Toffoli s...
Jun 25, 2020
Supreme Court declines to change Ohio ballot initiatives policy
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to direct Ohio to accept electronic signatures from residents seeking to place voter initiatives on the ballot rather th...
Jun 25, 2020
No explanation for noose as NASCAR completes investigation
(Reuters) - NASCAR said on Thursday it had completed it's own investigation into the noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver competing in the top series, without determining ...
Jun 25, 2020
California governor declares budget emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday declared a budget emergency in the most populous U.S. state, blaming expenses and the economic downturn caused by the COVID-...
Jun 25, 2020
Amsterdam bans AirBnB rentals in old centre from July 1
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Amsterdam announced on Thursday that it would ban vacation rentals including those on the home-sharing site Airbnb in three areas that make up the central old town from July 1. I...
Jun 25, 2020
NASCAR: Only one noose found in sweep at 29 tracks
NASCAR released a photo Thursday of the noose found in the garage of Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway, two days after the FBI said photographic evidence showed that the noose was a way to pull...
Jun 25, 2020
