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U.S. expected to extend CDC residential eviction ban by one month -sources
By David Shepardson and Michelle Conlin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium set to expire June 30 is expected to be e...
Jun 22, 2021
Save Our Summer: British pilots call on politicians to rescue travel industry
LONDON (Reuters) - British pilots on Wednesday urged politicians to save the summer holiday season through clearer travel guidance and provide direct financial support to rescue jobs as the industry g...
Jun 22, 2021
Washington calls Peru election ‘fair’ despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud
LIMA (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that Peru's recent presidential election was "a model of democracy," despite efforts by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori to get ballots ...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox: Money, money, money: the cost of Tokyo’s pandemic-delayed Games
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Despite local opposition amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games that were postponed last year will get under way in exactly a month - barring "Armagedd...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox: Tokyo Games in the shadow of coronavirus
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, just a month away, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history, as it grapples...
Jun 22, 2021
Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid...
Jun 22, 2021
Britain’s spy agency honours codebreaker Turing in giant artwork
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's GCHQ spy agency has installed a giant multicoloured artwork to celebrate codebreaker and mathemetician Alan Turing, who helped turn the tide of World War Two against Nazi ...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox – From triumph of 1964 to coronavirus: Japan then and now
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hoped that hosting the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian Olympics host and gained a huge economic boost. But the co...
Jun 22, 2021
Confidence among UK employers hits five-year high – REC
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers are their most confident about the economy in almost five years, helped by the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, a survey showed on Wednesday, but the lack of s...
Jun 22, 2021
People want trusted news, Reuters Institute says
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic stoked hunger for trusted news in a time of global crisis and a clear majority of people want media organisations to be impartial and o...
Jun 22, 2021
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