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Olympics-Surfing-Surfers ride wave of emotion to make Olympic history
TOKYO (Reuters) - Four of the world's top male surfers made history on Sunday morning as their sport made its long-awaited Olympic debut at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, with Brazil's Italo Ferreira ...
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UK will be exposed to paying pandemic cost risks for decades-report
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will be exposed to financial risks from its 372 billion pound pandemic spending for decades, according to lawmakers' reports on Sunday that also said more tha...
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Robinhood CEO says he is considering offering U.S. retirement accounts
By Echo Wang and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc is considering launching U.S. retirement accounts, CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev said on Saturday in a webcast with users of its trading a...
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Tokyo Olympics opening drew 16.7 million TV viewers – NBCUniversal
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - NBC's TV broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest audience since at least 1988, according to preliminary data provided ...
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Two Turkish soldiers killed in attack in northern Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey's d...
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So-called smoke shade from other wildfires helps crews fight biggest U.S. blaze
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Scores of wildfires raging across the Western United States' forest and scrub have belched so much smoke that it is helping an army of firefighters gain ground on the nation'...
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U.S. hits one of two targets in missile defense test – agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States intercepted one of two targets in a missile defense test conducted over the ocean northwest of Hawaii on Saturday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in a ne...
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Brazilians take to streets again to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets in several Brazilian cities on Saturday to demand the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose popularity has ...
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U.S. wildfires turn full moon orange
(Reuters) - Raging wildfires in the U.S. northwest and southwestern Canada cast an orange tint on July's full moon on Friday evening, as smoke from multiple blazes gusted toward the east. In Washingto...
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Greek police clash with protesters in rally against mandatory vaccinations
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police used teargas and water cannon to disperse people who had gathered in central Athens on Saturday to protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 4,000 peop...
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