July 21 (Reuters) – The hometown team scored the first win of the Tokyo Olympics as the pandemic-delayed Games began with an 8-1 win for Japan over Australia in the softball. read more Here’s what you need to know about the Games right now: GAMES “OF HOPE” WHO chief Tedros…
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese non-profit sports institute paid $1.3 million by the Tokyo Olympic bid committee during a campaign to secure the 2020 Games shut down all its activities at the end of December, according to a notice on its website. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at his mobile…
Ontario reported 1,958 new COVID-19 cases and 43 more deaths as the number of hospitalized patients held roughly steady and active infections continued to decline. Ontario reported 2,417 cases on Sunday and 2,359 on Saturday. Locally, there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 365 in Peel and 157 in York…
Joe Biden will ram through warped liberal social experiments masquerading as credible, time-tested programs designed to stabilize the nation. It was a stark image never before seen in Washington, DC, and one that bodes ill for the future prospects of the country. A locked down capital ringed in barbed wire,…
Jan. 22, 6:09 a.m. Brown University announced that its commencement, May 1-2, will be in person, but that guests will not be welcome. Christina H. Paxson, Brown’s president, said she consulted with public health experts before making the decision. There will be live webcasts for guests. “Should circumstances improve, we…
* Governments, media face widespread mistrust * Trust levels among Biden vs Trump voters sharply divergent * Strong majority wants to see social action from CEOs LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Trust in governments, business chiefs and media is crumbling amid a perceived mis-handling by leaders of the coronavirus pandemic…
By Reuters Staff Jan 12 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of two black boxes, the Flight Data Recorder, from a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday. This is how the readout process works with black boxes. WHAT ARE BLACK BOXES? They are…
When Leah Clapper, a 20-year-old communications major and gymnast at the University of Florida, started her food blog, Zest and Finesse, she wanted to combine her passion for nutrition, athletics, and marketing into an impressive line on her resume. After more than two years of posting photos of tantalizing breakfast…
What is so adored at first, and then corroded in the eyes of the others by Amos, is Isaiah and Samuels choice to love, their consent, their choosing and choosing and choosing of each other, a choice outside of force or order, in a nature we (we!) have long forgotten.…
By Reuters Staff Jan 5 (Reuters) – Factbox on the third test between Australia and India, which begins on Thursday: WHEN? Jan. 7-11 (1030 a.m. local/2330 GMT) WHERE? Sydney Cricket Ground (10,000 restricted capacity) MATCH OFFICIALS (all Australian) Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Rod Tucker Third umpire: Paul Reiffel Match referee: David…