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Olympics-Climbing-Garnbret is the name on everyone’s lips ahead of Games debut
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - For the world's top competition climbers gathered in Tokyo ahead of the sport's Olympic debut on Tuesday, there is one name on everyone's lips -- Slovenia's Janja Garnb...
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Haniyeh re-elected as chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Ismail Haniyeh has been elected to a second term as head of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, two Palestinian officials told Reut...
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Hackers shut down system for booking COVID-19 shots in Italy’s Lazio region
MILAN (Reuters) - Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said o...
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Myanmar military leader takes new title of prime minister in caretaker government – state media
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has taken on a new title as prime minister of a newly formed caretaker government, state media reported on Sunday, six months after the arm...
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Thailand extends stricter COVID-19 measures until end-August
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Sunday extended tighter containment measures in the capital and high-risk provinces until the end of August, government sources said, to slow the spread of COVID-19 as ...
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Olympics-Golf-South Africa-born Sabbatini the toast of Slovakia after brave silver
By Toshiki Hashimoto KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - If Slovakia's fledgling golf industry enjoys a boost in sales in coming weeks, it might have a stocky South African to thank after Rory Sabbatini earned...
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U.S. senators to move forward with infrastructure bill on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators are expected to move forward on Sunday on a sweeping $1 trillion package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, with text of a bill due to be delivered. T...
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Olympics-Baseball-Umpires feel the heat in longest, hottest game
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Home plate umpire Fabrizio Fabrizi said he drank 1.65 litres of water to get him through the longest, hottest baseball game of the Tokyo Olympics while one p...
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Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia
(Refiles to provide full name of reporter at end of story text) ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean (Reuters) -Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boa...
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Some wildfires rage on in Turkey, although most have been contained
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Firefighters in Turkey battled on Sunday to control five wildfires including ones in the coastal resort towns of Manavgat and Marmaris, but most of the dozens of blazes that erupt...
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