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Ghana court grants bail to 21 LGBT+ activists
HO, Ghana (Reuters) - A high court in Ghana has granted bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested three weeks ago for what police described as an unlawful gathering, the prosecutor said on Friday. The ...
Jun 11, 2021
French average daily new COVID-19 cases below 5,000, first time since August 2020
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 3,871 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, the second day in a row that the new cases tally was below 5,000 and the first time since late August 2020 that the s...
Jun 11, 2021
Oregon lawmakers expel colleague for abetting armed intruders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Oregon House of Representatives on Thursday night voted to expel one of its own members accused of coordinating with protesters to allow them into the state Capitol. Securit...
Jun 11, 2021
U.S. decries lack of access to former Marine jailed in Russia – statement
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said on Friday it had not been granted consular access to jailed former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed for 16 days, including receiving no updates on his health ...
Jun 11, 2021
Reuters, Star Tribune win Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on U.S. policing
By Gabriella Borter and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Minneapolis Star Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting on Friday for its coverage of the murder of George Floyd at ...
Jun 11, 2021
Bitcoin law is only latest head-turner by El Salvador’s ‘millennial’ president
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The young president of small Central American nation El Salvador leapt to worldwide fame this week after his country became the first in the world to adopt ...
Jun 11, 2021
Tennis-Pavlyuchenkova or Krejcikova to write final act in tale of the unexpected
PARIS (Reuters) - After one of the most wildly unpredictable women's singles draws in French Open history, Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stands on the threshold of finally delivering the title lon...
Jun 11, 2021
Santander’s Orcel case could face long delay as hearing postponed
By Jess Aguado and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Friday postponed a hearing in the dispute between Santander and Italian banker Andrea Orcel over a withdrawn offer to make him chie...
Jun 11, 2021
Germany buys Dubai data to track possible tax evasion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has bought a trove of data that could help treasury officials track down possible tax evasion by wealthy German citizens, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday. "The d...
Jun 11, 2021
Denmark says Russian aircraft violated its airspace twice
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's defense ministry said there had been two Russian violations of Danish airspace on Friday near the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. "(It is) completely unacceptable that ...
Jun 11, 2021
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