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At least 27 children killed in Afghanistan, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 27 children have been killed and 136 injured across three provinces of Afghanistan over the past three days amid escalating violence, the U.N. children's agency said on Mon...
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Soccer-Fans outside Messi’s house ‘devastated’ over Argentine’s Barca exit
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona fans gathered outside Lionel Messi's house on Monday eager for a glimpse of the club's greatest ever player and spoke of their sadness at the Argentine leaving the club...
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Treated like a ‘toy’: Another Belarusian athlete on life under Lukashenko
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - After Konstantin Yakovlev's handball team won the Belarusian championship in 2007, they were about to go on holiday in the off season when they were tol...
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gets Swiss approval for 12- to 17-year-olds
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swissmedic has approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds, the Swiss agency said on Monday. "Swissmedic has carefully examined the application from Moderna Switze...
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Yemen’s children toil at dangerous work, not school
SANAA (Reuters) - Instead of attending school, 15-year-old Harith Mansour spends his days wringing chickens' necks, plucking feathers and bagging up fresh meat for customers of a small shop in Yemen's...
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Tourists wade through Venice square hit by unseasonal flood
VENICE (Reuters) - Rare summer flooding submerged Venice's famed Piazza San Marco in up to a metre of water overnight. The lagoon city is often hit by so-called "acqua alta" (high water) in autumn and...
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China central bank to keep monetary policy ‘flexible and appropriate’
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's central bank said on Monday it would keep monetary policy flexible and appropriate to maintain stability as the pandemic persists and domestic economic recovery is uneven. I...
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Spain’s La Liga to launch its own streaming platform, El Confidencial says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's top soccer league and private equity firm CVC plan to launch their own streaming platform, Spanish online paper El Confidencial reported on Monday, a move that would challen...
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S&P, Dow futures retreat as commodity losses weigh
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - The S&P and the Dow index futures fell from record highs on Monday with oil stocks reeling from a more than 4% slump in crude prices on concerns over rising COVID-19 cases...
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Egypt receives first batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Monday received its first shipment of one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, obtaining 261,600 doses in cooperation with the African Union, the health ministry said. ...
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