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Threats and violence mark pandemic debate in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
By Gabriel Stargardter OLIMPIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Jose Antonio Arantes, a Brazilian newspaper editor and radio host, awoke around 4 a.m. on a morning in March to find his house had been set on fire. ...
Jun 23, 2021
Soccer-Sinclair to lead Canadian women’s team in her fourth Olympics
(Reuters) - Christine Sinclair, the all-time international goal-scoring record holder, was named to her fourth Olympic squad on Wednesday and will headline a Canadian roster at the Tokyo Games that fe...
Jun 23, 2021
Biogen working to speed up confirmatory study for approved Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Wednesday they were working to speed up completion of a confirmatory trial of their controversial Alzheimer's drug that was recently given an ac...
Jun 23, 2021
Unauthorized COVID-19 drugs bound for Mexico seized by U.S. authorities – WSJ
(Reuters) - Federal authorities have seized at U.S. airports unauthorized versions of the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir destined for distribution in Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesd...
Jun 23, 2021
Italy reports 30 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, 951 new cases
MILAN Reuters) - Italy reported 30 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 31 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 951 from 835. Italy has ...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. Vice President Harris to visit Mexico border Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the border her country shares with Mexico, stopping at El Paso, Texas, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday,...
Jun 23, 2021
Brazil real to strengthen ‘much more’, says economy minister
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's real is now at a more "favorable" level and is likely to strengthen much further, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday, the day the currency ...
Jun 23, 2021
Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and ease other remaining restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said on Wednesday, with infecti...
Jun 23, 2021
Global companies’ capex to hit decade-high growth this year – Refinitiv data
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Global companies are set to ramp up their expansion plans this year, after being bogged down in the last few years, as economies recover from t...
Jun 23, 2021
Partisan war over teaching history and racism stokes tensions in U.S. schools
By Gabriella Borter and James Oliphant ASHBURN, Virginia (Reuters) - The school board of Virginia's wealthy Loudoun County had planned to hold a routine meeting to close out the school year. Instead, ...
Jun 23, 2021
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