Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bellator brings MMA into mainstream with BBC deal, Paris fight card
By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - Mixed martial arts promotion Bellator is continuing its efforts to bring the sport into the mainstream at the Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday with the first major card ...
Oct 08, 2020
Tokyo postponement forced USOPC to rethink
(Reuters) - The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games forced the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to rethink how it operates, board chair Susanne Lyons said on Thursday at the org...
Oct 08, 2020
Biden says he would reveal his view on expanding Supreme Court post-election
By Trevor Hunnicutt PHOENIX (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Thursday Americans will learn his position on increasing the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court if h...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. appeals court blocks extension of Wisconsin’s absentee ballot receipt deadline
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday blocked a federal judge's ruling that would have allowed Wisconsin election officials to count absentee ballots that arrive up to six ...
Oct 08, 2020
California needs forests to fight climate change, but they are going up in smoke
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's record wildfires pose a problem for the state's plan to use its forests to help offset climate-warming emissions. It is unclear how much Californi...
Oct 08, 2020
Bolivia declares natural disaster due to wildfires, 600 families affected
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia declared a state of disaster due to wildfires ravaging forested and agricultural areas in the eastern part of the country, President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday. In 2019, ...
Oct 08, 2020
New York City parents scramble to deal with new school closures as COVID-19 resurges
By Maria Caspani and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 6-year-old son of Jodi Cook, a Brooklyn mother of two, had just resumed in-person classes at his local elementary - only to face the closur...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. railroad Amtrak warns of 2,400 additional job losses without new bailout
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - U.S. government-supported passenger railroad Amtrak said on Thursday that without a new government bailout it could be forced to cut more spending and train services wh...
Oct 08, 2020
Exclusive: Orange venture in Belgium to replace Huawei mobile gear with Nokia kit – sources
By Mathieu Rosemain and Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Telecoms operators Orange Belgium and Proximus have decided to progressively replace Huawei-made mobile equipment in Belgium and ...
Oct 08, 2020
Djokovic eyes 27th Grand Slam final, Tsitsipas and injuries block path
PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic will be favourite to reach his 27th Grand Slam final when he faces Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open semis on Friday but what had been a smooth path through the dr...
Oct 08, 2020
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