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Kroger to name former Walmart exec Greg Foran as next CEO, WSJ reports
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Grocery giant Kroger KR.N plans to hire Greg Foran, who previously headed an airline and Walmart's U.S. unit, as chief executive officer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.The U.S. grocer has been searching for a permanent CEO af...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
After years-long legal battle, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrives at day of sentencing
Security tight outside courthouse as supporters queue overnightLai faces life imprisonment, despite U.S., UK calls to free himLai in poor health after 5 years of solitary confinement- familyLai's trial seen as barometer of HK's freedoms and rule of law By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HON...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
REUTERS NEWS SCHEDULE AT 10 p.m. GMT/6 a.m. SGT
Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 10 p.m. GMT/6 a.m. SGT. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect or on Media Express.TOP STORIES GLOBALISRAEL-PALESTINIANSIsrael to expand its control in West Ba...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Seismic alarm goes off in Mexico City - Reuters witness
MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Puerto Escondido in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, Mexico’s national seismological service said. A seismic alarm went off in Mexico City but shaking was not felt in the capital, according to Reuters witnesses.Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Olympics-Ice hockey-'Feels like yesterday': Time flies for Games veteran Crosby
By Amy TenneryMILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Sidney Crosby waited 12 years to be back at the Olympics but the Canada captain said on Sunday that he sometimes felt as though no time had passed, as he stepped onto the ice at the Milano Cortina Games for the first time.Future Hall of Famer Crosby is in the m...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
NFL-Trump absent from Super Bowl but wishes teams well
By Frank Pingue SANTA CLARA, California, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may not be attending the Super Bowl on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots but he took time to wish both teams well hours before kickoff.Trump issued a presidential message in which he...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Olympics-Who decides? Vonn crash exposes tensions over athlete autonomy
By Julien Pretot CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor ...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Israel to expand its control in West Bank, make settlers' land seizures easier, media say
JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Israel's security cabinet approved a series of steps on Sunday that would make it easier for settlers in the occupied West Bank to buy land while granting Israeli authorities more enforcement powers over Palestinians, Israeli media reported.The West Bank is among the...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
UK's Ocado to eliminate up to 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive, Sunday Times reports
Feb 8 (Reuters) - British technology and online grocery group Ocado OCDO.L plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs, or roughly 5% of its workforce, as part of a renewed cost-cutting drive following a difficult year for its automated warehouse business, the Sunday Times reported.An announcement could be made a...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Kroger plans to name ex-Walmart executive Greg Foran as next CEO, WSJ reports
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Grocery giant Kroger KR.N plans to hire Greg Foran, a former Walmart WMT.O executive, as its next chief executive officer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.Reuters could not immediately verify the report.Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Olympics-Who decides? Vonn crash exposes tensions over athlete autonomy
By Julien Pretot CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy , Feb 8 (Reuters) - The question of whether Lindsey Vonn should have started the Olympic downhill race on Sunday has expanded beyond a single athlete or race, exposing a deeper tension at the core of elite sport: who decides when an injured competitor...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Trump criticizes Olympic skier over comments about representing US
By Sheila Dang Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump criticized American Olympic skier Hunter Hess on Sunday, days after the athlete expressed mixed feelings about representing the U.S. at the Winter Olympics in northern Italy."If that's the case, he shouldn't have tried out f...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Nicaragua scraps visa-free entry to Cubans
MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Nicaragua has ended visa‑free entry for Cuban citizens effective Sunday, halting a policy that in recent years enabled thousands of Cubans to use the Central American country as a transit point on their journey to the United States.The move confirmed in an official gov...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
NFL-Seahawks seek Super Bowl revenge against Patriots
By Frank Pingue SANTA CLARA, California, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Fans began streaming into Levi's Stadium under sunny skies hours before kickoff on Sunday for Super Bowl LX, where the New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks in an NFL championship showdown few could have predicted.By mi...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Venezuelan politician Perkins Rocha freed in prisoner release
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan politician Perkins Rocha has been freed in a prisoner release, his wife said in statement on Sunday, the latest high profile liberation as families continue to anxiously await an unknown number of releases promised by the government and hailed by the United States. ...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Olympics-Vonn should not have raced at Crans‑Montana, Tomba says
By Sara Rossi CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian ski great Alberto Tomba said Lindsey Vonn should not have raced at Crans-Montana last month, arguing that the desire to win one more race set in motion a chain of risks that ultimately caught up with her at the Winter Olympics....Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Thailand PM Anutin consolidates power with dominating election win
Ruling Bhumjaithai Party far ahead in preliminary countPM Anutin ran on nationalist platform amid Cambodia conflictPeople's Party led pre-election polls but lacked majority support Voters also approved referendum to draft new constitutionBy Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK, Feb 8 (...Reuters
Sun, Feb 8
Olympics-Luge-Langenhan takes crushing singles gold for Germany
Langenhan breaks track record four times in a rowContinues German dominance of Olympic lugeSilver for Mueller, another bronze for FischnallerBy Mitch PhillipsCORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Max Langenhan delivered an astonishing performance to strike gold in the men's luge single...Reuters
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