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California firefighters use break in weather to attack wildfires
By Fred Greaves QUINCY, Calif. (Reuters) - California firefighting crews sought to take advantage of cooler, moister air and diminished winds on Friday to make headway against a massive wildfire that ...
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Half of U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: CDC
(Reuters) - One out of two Americans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The milestone comes roughly eight months aft...
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Italy “keeps on dreaming” after record medal haul in Tokyo
MILAN (Reuters) - Italians packing for their mid-August break rejoiced on Friday as the country's athletics team won their fifth gold in Tokyo, pushing their overall medals total at a single Olympics ...
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Soccer-Messi on verge of joining PSG, reports L’Equipe
(Reuters) - Lionel Messi is set to join Paris St Germain after Barcelona were forced to let their Argentine talisman go as they could not afford to give him a new contract under La Liga's salary limit...
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Exclusive-Top cannabis site Leafly in talks to go public via blank-check merger – sources
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Top cannabis-focused website Leafly is in talks to merge with blank-check company Merida Merger Corp I in a deal that would value the combined company at more than $530 mill...
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Heart, stroke risks climb after COVID-19; flu shots may be protective
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Heart attack, stroke r...
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White House announces final extension of student loan repayment pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced a final extension of a coronavirus relief pause on federal student loan repayments, interest and collections until J...
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About 40 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Western Sahara
MADRID (Reuters) -About 40 migrants were feared dead after a boat carrying about 50 people travelling from Western Sahara to Spain's Canary Islands capsized, a Spanish non-governmental organisation, s...
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Colombia, Panama to work together on migrant overflow, ministers say
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Colombia and Panama's foreign ministers said on Friday they will work together to process and organize thousands of migrants stranded for long periods in northern Colombia as t...
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Biden picks ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden picked two major fundraisers for his campaign for office as his ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina, the White House said on Friday. Biden chose Sc...
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