Author Archives: Syndicated Content
One-of-a-kind baseball card goes up for auction for $1 million
(Reuters) - A modern but unique signed baseball card featuring Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels has been put up for auction - with bidding starting at a cool $1 million. Vintage baseball cards hav...
Aug 12, 2020
Report: Pacers, McMillan agree to contract extension
The Indiana Pacers and coach Nate McMillan have come to terms on a contract extension, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday. Specifics of the deal have not been released. He had one year remai...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. economy does not need a lot more stimulus: White House adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy appears to be entering a self-sustaining recovery and does not need a big dose of stimulus from another coronavirus relief bill, a top White House economic advi...
Aug 12, 2020
Democrats, White House ‘miles apart’ over COVID-19 aid – Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said Democrats and the Trump administration remained far apart regarding any agreement over further economic aid amid the novel coro...
Aug 12, 2020
Masters to proceed without spectators in November
(Reuters) - The Masters, which brings together the world's best golfers in one of the sport's four majors, will be held without spectators in November because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Augusta Nationa...
Aug 12, 2020
Cycling: UCI cancels Road World Championships in Switzerland due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Next month's Road World Championships in Aigle-Martigny in Switzerland has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cycling's governing body UCI announced on Wednesday. The championshi...
Aug 12, 2020
Mauritius tourism, reeling from COVID, now hit by oil spill
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tourist operators in Mauritius fear that an oil spill from a Japanese ship will further damage their businesses, already reeling from the coronavirus epidemic, and could cost jobs ...
Aug 12, 2020
Russia says medics to get anti-COVID shots in two weeks, some Russians wary
By Lev Sergeev and Peter Scott MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as "groundless" safet...
Aug 12, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says now is the time to take strong fiscal actions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Strong fiscal support is needed for the U.S. economy to rebound, but those policies must be paired with efforts to contain the virus, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengr...
Aug 12, 2020
UK reports 1,009 new confirmed cases of COVID-19
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 1,009 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, taking the cumulative number of cases in the country to 313,798, government data showed. Th...
Aug 12, 2020
