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Slovaks to start lottery, offer bonuses to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will launch a lottery with weekly prizes of up to 2 million euros for vaccinated people and offer bonuses to those who convince others to get COVID-19 shots to boost intere...
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Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius in some parts of Iraq. At Friday prayer in the Sad...
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Soccer-Atletico’s Felix undergoes ankle surgery
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix has undergone surgery on his ankle, the La Liga champions said on Friday. Felix, who cost a club record fee of 126 million euros ($149.02 million)...
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PPD stepping up enforcement over 4th of July weekend
PEORIA, Ill. — This Fourth of July weekend, there will be more get family togethers, BBQs and fireworks displays. But, Peoria Police Captain Scott Cook said in the absence of the City’s Re...
Julia Bradley Jul 02, 2021
Tennis-Swiatek crushes Begu to reach Wimbledon last 16
By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek stormed into the Wimbledon fourth round on Friday as her relentless pressure proved too much for Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, w...
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Thailand SEC files criminal complaint against crypto exchange Binance
(Reuters) - Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a criminal complaint against cryptocurrency exchange Binance for operating a digital asset business without a license, the lat...
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British soldier charged over 1972 “Bloody Sunday” will not stand trial
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The only British soldier charged with murder in relation to the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Londonderry by British paratroopers in 1972 ...
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Vietnam reports first H5N8 avian flu outbreak in poultry
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Friday confirmed its first outbreak of H5N8 avian influenza at a chicken farm in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Samples from the farm in the province's Ha Long City ...
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GSK, Alector to develop Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s drugs in $2.2 billion deal
(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc and U.S. firm Alector Inc will together develop antibody-based treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other similar diseases in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion, th...
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Malaysian palm giant IOI to conduct audit after report alleging labour abuse
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil giant IOI Corp will undergo an audit to assess the compliance of its labour policies and working conditions at its plantations, the firm said on Friday, fol...
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