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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Rugby has labelled as “unacceptable” the actions of a group of Canterbury Crusaders players who breached the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown rules on Monday by training together in a local park. The players, including All … Continue reading Crusaders’ players public training ‘unacceptable’ says New Zealand Rugby
PARIS (Reuters) – Club rugby’s top organizing body is exploring holding a Club World Cup after French federation president Bernard Laporte proposed a radical new competition to replace the existing European Champions Cup. FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union – Rugby World … Continue reading Rugby: EPCR admits to discussions to launch Club World Cup
GENEVA (Reuters) – An annual gathering of the world’s labour ministers will not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but will convene in June 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday. In a statement, the … Continue reading ILO annual gathering of labour ministers postponed for a year
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Rockets landed near a district in Iraq that houses workers for foreign oil companies on Monday, including U.S. oil service company Halliburton, but caused no damage or casualties, oil and police sources said. Police said three … Continue reading Rockets land near oil district in southern Iraq; no casualties
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made a highly rare broadcast to her nation on Sunday to rally the public in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. Here is the text of the 93-year-old monarch’s address, only the fifth special … Continue reading Text: Queen Elizabeth’s addresses the United Kingdom on coronavirus outbreak
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare … Continue reading ‘We’ll meet again’: Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit to defeat coronavirus
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Rockets landed near a site connected with foreign oil firms and state-run companies in Iraq’s southern city of Basra early on Monday, without causing damage or casualties, oil and police sources said. The rockets, which police … Continue reading Rockets hit near site of foreign oil firms, state-run companies in Iraq’s Basra: sources
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Tunisian trailblazer Ons Jabeur is holed up in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic and says she is contemplating taking up dancing to remain fit as the tennis world finds innovative ways to deal with the … Continue reading Jabeur mulls swapping rackets for dancing shoes in lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare … Continue reading ‘We’ll meet again’: Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit to defeat coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare … Continue reading ‘We’ll meet again’: Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit to defeat coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare … Continue reading UK’s Queen Elizabeth invokes WW2 spirit: we can defeat the coronavirus
DUBAI (Reuters) – Warring factions in Yemen accused each other on Sunday of attacking an oil pipeline pumping station in the central province of Marib, where clashes have raged for weeks and displaced tens of thousands of civilians. The oil … Continue reading Yemen’s warring parties accuse each other of attacking pipeline
