MLB roundup: Dodgers walk off on Bellinger's HR - Reuters Canada

Cody Bellinger hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to defeat the visiting Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday night.

Aug 22, 2020; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger (35) celebrates hitting a walk off home run to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports

Chris Taylor also hit a home run, and Kenley Jansen


business associates, 4 Zoomers win at OMEGA League: Americas - Reuters

The Group A race tightened up at the OMEGA League: Americas Divine Division on Saturday, as business associates and 4 Zoomers each won to improve to 2-1.

business associates swept Pace, while 4 Zoomers rallied for a 2-1 win over Boonz + Goonz, with both losers falling to 0-3.

Ten teams are entered in the $31,500 Americas Divine Division of the Dota 2 event, split into two groups of five.

The group stage features a single round-robin format


China plans new real estate financing rules - Reuters India

FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on scaffolding at a construction site in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will institute new rules in real estate financing, its central bank said on Sunday.

The move comes after China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) held a conference last week in Beijing with property companies and other government bodies to discuss a long-term mechanism for


Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 782 to 232,864 - RKI - Reuters UK

FILE PHOTO: A man on a bicycle is wearing a protective mask in Dresden, Germany, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel

BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 782 to 232,864, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.

The reported death toll rose by 2 to 9,269, the tally showed.

Reporting by Berlin Newsroom; Editing by Lincoln


Northern Dynasty's U.S. unit denies report Alaska mine project to be blocked - Reuters

(Reuters) - The U.S. unit of diversified Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd on Saturday denied a media report that said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump plans to block its proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week.

Politico reported here earlier on Saturday that Trump was planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine, which environmentalists argue would damage the surrounding salmon-rich habitat, and the people and wildlife that depend on it.

“We firmly believe that the implication pushed by Politico that the


With China tensions rising, U.S. joins Taiwan to mark battle anniversary - Reuters

KINMEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto U.S. ambassador in Chinese-claimed Taiwan took part on Sunday for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves after paying her respects to the deceased during an event to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Second Taiwan Strait crisis in Kinmen, Taiwan, August 23, 202

PSG can exploit Bayern's high defensive line, says Rooney - Reuters UK

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Millwall v Derby County - The Den, London, Britain - June 20, 2020 Derby’s Wayne Rooney during the warm up before the match, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Action Images/Paul Childs

(Reuters) - Former England skipper Wayne Rooney believes Paris St Germain have the speed and skill to exploit Bayern Munich’s high defensive line in Sunday’s Champions League final and


Australia wrestles with coronavirus second-wave, 17 more dead - Reuters UK

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia recorded a further 17 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday but infections in the hard-hit state of Victoria, the site of all the latest deaths, are showing a downward trend, authorities said on Sunday.

FILE PHOTO: A staff member is seen inside the Epping Gardens Aged Care Facility amid the second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

Other than in Victoria, which accounts


NHC says Marco moving north-northwestward across southern Gulf Of Mexico - Reuters

(Reuters) - Marco, one of two tropical storms headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast, was moving north-northwestward across the southern Gulf Of Mexico late on Saturday, the United States National Hurricane Center said.

Storm surge and hurricane watches were in effect for parts of the northern Gulf Coast, the NHC said, adding that Marco was located about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northwest of Cuba’s western tip, with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour.

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Own goal condemns Atletico to third straight defeat - Reuters India

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CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - An own goal by Felipe Aguilar on the stroke of halftime condemned Atletico Paranaense to their second straight 1-0 defeat on Saturday, at home to Fluminense who had two goals