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Venezuela says U.S. military plane violated its airspace
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's armed forces said on Friday that a U.S. military plane violated its airspace along the South American country's border with Colombia in what it said was a "flagrant pro...
Jul 23, 2021
Brazil competition regulator signals ‘complex’ path for Oi sale approval
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The superintendence of Brazil's competition regulator Cade said on Friday it viewed an asset sale by Brazilian telecom Oi SA as "complex," suggesting that TIM, Telefnica Brasil a...
Jul 23, 2021
Australia’s Victoria reports 12 coronavirus cases, down from day earlier
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported 12 locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Saturday, down from 14 a day earlier, in a promising sign as the state weighs whether to lift a ha...
Jul 23, 2021
Brazil sees 108,732 new coronavirus cases, 1,324 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 108,732 new cases of coronavirus and 1,324 additional COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday. (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca...
Jul 23, 2021
Mexico reports 16,421 new cases of COVID-19, 328 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 16,421 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 328 more fatalities, bringing its totals to 2,726,160 infections and 237,9...
Jul 23, 2021
Dutch rower Florijn tests positive for COVID-19, rowing federation says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dutch rower Finn Florijn tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Royal Dutch Rowing Federation (KNRB) said in a Twitter post on Friday. The 21-year-old Florijn, who w...
Jul 23, 2021
Global insurance recovery will be faster, stronger than in 2008 -Swiss Re
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global insurance industry is poised to recover more quickly and forcefully from the pandemic than it did after the 2008 financial crisis, despite such obstacles...
Jul 23, 2021
Guatemala attorney general removes head of anti-corruption unit
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Attorney General Maria Porras on Friday dismissed the head of the anti-corruption unit, accusing Juan Francisco Sandoval, chief of the Special Prosecutor's Offic...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. lawmakers urge IOC to delay or move China’s 2022 Winter Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Friday called on the International Olympic Committee to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the event unless China end...
Jul 23, 2021
‘Worth the wait’: New York marriage bureau reopens for in-person weddings
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sae Feurtado and Richard Kissi's long wait to say "I do" finally ended on Friday, when in-person weddings resumed at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau after a 16-mont...
Jul 23, 2021
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