Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australian Rules - Newspaper shuts down 'sexist' feedback on women's game
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian newspaper has canceled all reader commentary on its coverage of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) competition due to "vile" and sexist posts. Melbourne ...
Mar 05, 2020
Alabama man executed by lethal injection for role in 2004 killing of three police officers
(Reuters) - An Alabama man who was convicted of murder in the 2004 killing of three police officers was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, state corrections officials said. Nathaniel Woods, 43,...
Mar 05, 2020
Coronavirus could cut global growth by 0.1% to 0.4%, ADB says
MANILA (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday the coronavirus outbreak is set to trim economic growth in developing Asia and around the world this year. More than 3,200 people wor...
Mar 05, 2020
Probe panel on Kansai Elec's graft scandal to report findings on March 14
TOKYO (Reuters) - An independent committee investigating a graft scandal at Kansai Electric Power Co , Japan's second-largest utility, will release its findings on March 14, a representative of the co...
Mar 05, 2020
After heavy strikes, tense calm in Syria's Idlib as ceasefire comes into effect
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's Idlib region was quiet but tense on Friday with a lull in Russian and Syrian air raids that have pounded the last opposition-held enclave in Syria, res...
Mar 05, 2020
South Korea, Japan to hold export control talks via teleconference, Jiji says
TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea and Japan will hold export control talks originally planned for March 10 in Seoul via teleconference, the Jiji news agency reported on Friday, reflecting the widening imp...
Mar 05, 2020
Golfer Piercy loses sponsors over homophobic Buttigieg meme - reports
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Open runner-up Scott Piercy has lost major sponsors after he posted a homophobic meme on social media about openly-gay former U.S. presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, severa...
Mar 05, 2020
Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca, Medina holy sites after coronavirus closure: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia reopened two of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Medina, after they were closed for sterilization to halt the ...
Mar 05, 2020
MLB notebook: White Sox’s Moncada reportedly gets $70 million extension
The Chicago White Sox and third baseman Yoan Moncada have agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $70 million, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. A sixth-year club option is worth $25 mi...
Mar 05, 2020
Singapore minister says coronavirus outbreak emerging as pandemic
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is "starting to look like a global pandemic," said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong, who co-heads the country's virus fighti...
Mar 05, 2020
