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Airbus challenges Boeing cargo dominance with A350 freighter
PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus said its board had backed plans for a new freighter version of its A350 passenger jet as it seeks to break rival Boeing's dominance of the air cargo market. Chief Executive Gui...
Jul 28, 2021
Fiscal stimulus, vaccines likely fueled U.S. economic growth in the second quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely gained steam in the second quarter, with the pace of growth probably the second fastest in 38 years, as massive government aid and vacc...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-China win women’s 4x200m freestyle in world record time
TOKYO (Reuters) - China won the gold medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle in a world record time of seven minutes 40.33 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. The time bettered Australia's record...
Jul 28, 2021
India reports 43,509 new COVID-19 infections
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reported on Thursday 43,509 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the government said in a statement. (Reporting by Shivani Singh in Bengaluru and Neha Arora in New D...
Jul 28, 2021
Panama registers record number of migrants crossing treacherous Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A record 42,000 migrants bound for North America have this year entered Panama by trekking across the perilous jungle area known as the Darien Gap, Panamanian authorities said ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-World champion vaulter Kendricks out of Games with COVID
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -American double world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the United States Olympic Com...
Jul 28, 2021
Cambodia to impose COVID-19 lockdowns in areas bordering Thailand
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia is set to launch a lockdown in eight provinces bordering Thailand from midnight on Thursday, in a bid to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in t...
Jul 28, 2021
J&J contractor plans to resume COVID-19 vaccine production at Baltimore plant – WSJ
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson contractor Emergent Biosolutions Inc plans to resume COVID-19 vaccine production at its Baltimore plant after getting approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Jul 28, 2021
ATP roundup: Daniil Medvedev survives heat to make Olympics quarters
Second seed Daniil Medvedev battled oppressive heat and humidity that required him to take two medical timeouts on his way to beating Fabio Fognini of Italy to reach the quarterfinals of the 2020 Olym...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Dressel wins men’s 100m freestyle by fingertip
TOKYO (Reuters) - American Caeleb Dressel set an Olympic record to win gold by a fingertip in the men's 100 metres freestyle in Tokyo on Thursday, denying Rio champion Australian Kyle Chalmers a secon...
Jul 28, 2021
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