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N.Korean leader’s sister warns Seoul against military drill with Washington
SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday that if South Korea carries out a planned joint military exercise with the United States it will damage the...
Aug 01, 2021
Israeli cabinet start first state budget debate in three years
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday began debate on the 2021-2022 state budget, more than three years after the government last approved a fiscal spending packag...
Aug 01, 2021
Exclusive-Olympics-Belarusian athlete says she was taken to airport to go home after criticising coaches
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber TOKYO (Reuters) - A Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes on Sunday to board a flight back home after she publicly complained about natio...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Fencing-France wins gold in men’s team foil
TOKYO (Reuters) - France won gold in the men's team foil fencing competition in the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday. The Russian Olympic Committee took silver, and the United States claimed bronze. (Rep...
Aug 01, 2021
Teenage suicide attempts on the rise
PEORIA, Ill. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking a lot of data during the Covid-19 pandemic, including attempted suicides. Among those statistics is that suicide a...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-IOC has no plan to mark moment of silence on Hiroshima anniversary
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee does not plan to call for a moment of silence at the Tokyo Games on Aug. 6, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima...
Aug 01, 2021
Pfizer and Moderna raise prices for COVID-19 vaccines in EU- FT
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc have raised the prices of their COVID-19 vaccines in their latest European Union supply contracts, the Financial Times reported https://on.ft.com/3j8mbTb on Sunda...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Volleyball-Japan’s Koga says teamwork can topple towering Dominicans
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Overcoming the formidable Dominican Republic in a must-win pool game to qualify for the quarter-finals of women's volleyball is a tall order for Japan but Sarina Kog...
Aug 01, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Camacho-Quinn wins 100m hurdles semi in Olympic record, Harrison also advances
TOKYO (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won her 100 metre hurdles semi-final in an Olympic record 12.26 seconds at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium on Sunday. The 24-year-old improved her own 202...
Aug 01, 2021
Gymnastics – Belgium’s Derwael takes gold in uneven bars
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nina Derwael of Belgium won the uneven bars final at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Anastasiia Iliankova of the Russian Olympic Committee took silver, and Sunisa Lee of the United Sta...
Aug 01, 2021
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