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U.S. House subcommittee asks J&J for info on baby powder bankruptcy plans – letter
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - A subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has asked Johnson & Johnson to show it all documents related to plans to put its talc liabil...
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Olympics-Gymnastics-Andrade chases first ever medal for Brazilian women
By Karen Braun (Reuters) - Rebeca Andrade's career has been plagued with injuries, but she has a chance to bring home Brazil's first ever Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics in the all-around...
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California man accused of bear spraying cops pleads not guilty to Jan 6 riot charges
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man accused of attacking police guarding the U.S. Capitol with bear spray and a large metal sign during the Jan. 6 riot pleaded not guilty on Wedn...
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Venezuelan Paralympic athletes dream of winning medals in Tokyo
CARACAS (Reuters) - Jose Gregorio Montilla began swimming when he was seven years old to help him recover from operations to treat a joint condition called arthrogryposis. Now, the 20-year-old Venezue...
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Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian boy in West Bank, officials say
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli military did not immediately...
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Nigerian court acquits Shi’ite leader Zakzaky and wife of all charges
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Wednesday acquitted Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a banned Shi'ite group, of all eight criminal cha...
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Lebanon battles wildfires in country’s north, firefighter dies
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Raging wildfires have burned large swathes of Lebanon's pine forests in the mountainous north of the country, killing at least one firefighter and forcing some residents to flee, th...
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Biden ‘honored’ to meet Belarusian opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met with Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday and expressed support for democracy and human rights in the former Soviet republ...
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UN biodiversity summit to be delayed for third time – sources
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Kate Abnett SINGAPORE (Reuters) - United Nations negotiations for a global agreement to protect the planet's biodiversity are being delayed a third time due to the coronavirus ...
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Brazil to vote on tax reform next week, corporate profit changes seen
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of Congress is expected to vote on tax reform next week, with the bill likely be amended to exclude certain small companies' profit and dividend taxes, senior...
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