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Tennis-Tsitsipas breezes into French Open quarter-finals
PARIS (Reuters) - Stefanos Tsitsipas held off a late challenge from Spanish 12th seed Pablo Carreno Busta to advance into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-3 6-2 7-5 victory on Sunday. Th...
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Portuguese PM criticises UK for removing it from quarantine-free travel list
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's prime minister criticised Britain on Sunday for removing his nation from a COVID-19 quarantine-free travel list, and urged London to adhere to a Europ...
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Factbox-Fairy Creek blockades: the dispute over logging Canada’s old-growth forests
(Reuters) - Since August 2020 protesters have been blockading logging roads near the Fairy Creek drainage on western Vancouver Island. The dispute has reignited a debate on whether there should be a m...
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Save Fairy Creek: The battle over Western Canada’s ancient forests
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Nolan Paquette started working part-time at his local sawmill more than 20 years ago while still at school, pushing a broom on the clean-up team. Now 38, P...
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UK’s Frost says EU needs to change tack for N.Ireland talks
LONDON (Reuters) - British negotiator David Frost said on Sunday that the European Union needs to change its attitude if talks this week on the Northern Irish Brexit protocol are to be successful. "Th...
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U.S. energy secretary opposes ransomware payments, pushes for better ‘cyber-defenses’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday said she opposes companies paying off ransomware criminals and said firms targeted by cyberattacks need to alert the federal go...
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Tennis-Federer withdraws from French Open – organisers
PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open a day after winning his third-round match, organisers said on Sunday. "After discussions with my team, I deci...
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Tennis-Azarenka criticises French Open for favouring men’s matches for night session
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Former world number one Victoria Azarenka criticised French Open organisers on Sunday for scheduling men's matches in all but one of the night slots so far this year...
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U.S. Senator Manchin says he will oppose voting rights bill pushed by his colleagues
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, a crucial swing vote in the U.S. Senate, announced on Sunday he intends to oppose a sweeping voting rights bill b...
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Athletics-Hassan smashes women’s 10,000 metres world record – World Athletics
(Reuters) - Dutch long-distance runner Sifan Hassan broke the women's 10,000 metres world record on Sunday, clocking 29 minutes and 6.82 seconds in a Continental Tour meet, World Athletics said. Ethio...
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