Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Marte Olsbu Roieseland cruised to her third gold medal at the Beijing Games without much bother but the 31-year-old said she had not yet set her sights on her compatriot Ole Einar Bjoerndalen’s record gold tally at one Olympics.Bjoerndalen, or the “King…Continue Reading
2022 Beijing Olympics – Short Track Speed Skating – Men’s 500m – Semifinals – Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China – February 13, 2022. Shaoang Liu of Hungary reacts after competing. REUTERS/Eloisa LopezRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Liu Shaoang won the short track speed skating men’s 500 metres gold…Continue Reading
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Emotions ran high as the Netherlands won gold in the short track speed skating women’s 3,000 metres relay at the Capital Indoor Stadium on Sunday, with the Dutch team competing in their first Olympic final since the death of a former team mate.Team…Continue Reading
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJERUSALEM, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Israel’s Apollo Power (APLP.TA) said on Sunday that Amazon will try out its lightweight and flexible solar energy technology on a rooftop and sidewalk at a logistics site in France.The 750,000 euro ($851,175) order comes as Amazon looks to power its operations with…Continue Reading
February 13, 2022 8:50 am ET HOUSTON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 271 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $282,500. The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. UFC 271…Continue Reading
Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide. The Rams are the team loaded with veterans and the Bengals are the new kids on the block. Los Angeles has the star power, which figures with Hollywood next door. Cincinnati has a bunch of relative no names outside of Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase.Bengals…Continue Reading
MOSCOW (AP) — Some airlines have canceled or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West. In an hourlong Saturday call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden said that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — Winning gold isn’t always the goal.Indian skier Arif Khan set his sights on completing both runs of the men’s giant slalom at the Olympics on Sunday, and he managed to do just that.Khan finished nearly 38 seconds behind gold medalist Marco Odermatt — an eternity in the speedy world of ski racing.…Continue Reading
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who was shot twice and whose home was destroyed by a police bomb is forgoing, for the time being, his plan to rebuild at the scene of the standoff.Michael Grendell, 65, won a $400,000 settlement in November 2020 after suing members of the Maine State Police and one…Continue Reading
America’s elite colleges are facing growing calls to end the decades-old tradition of giving an admissions boost to the children of alumni — a practice that critics say is rooted in racism and bestows an unfair advantage to students who need it least.Fueled by the national reckoning with racial injustice, opponents say they are gaining…Continue Reading
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