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Tennis-Medvedev overcomes clay court demons at Roland-Garros, Williams survives scare
PARIS (Reuters) - Highlights of the fourth day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Wednesday (times GMT): World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev overcame his past struggles on clay to reach...
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Japan PM Suga seen calling snap election after Tokyo Games – Asahi
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to call a snap election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, a media report said, showing his resolve to push...
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China makes desalination push to ease water scarcity
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will invest in new desalination plants over the 2021-2025 period and raise capacity to 2.9 million tonnes a day in a bid to boost water supplies, the country's state plannin...
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Pentagon chief, Saudi crown prince discuss regional security, Yemen war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday and emphasized U.S. commitment to helping Saudi Arabia defend its territory an...
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Mayor Rita Ali speaks on vision of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — Newly-elected Mayor Rita Ali spoke Wednesday evening at Dozer Park on her vision for the future of Peoria. The event was organized by the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC), w...
Dalton Kemper Jun 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury says G7 expected to endorse U.S. global minimum tax proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - G7 finance ministers are expected to endorse a U.S. proposal for an ambitious global corporate minimum tax when they meet on Friday and Saturday in London, a U.S. Treasury offic...
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Analysis: China seeks to milk the milk market but doesn’t have enough cows
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - China has come to crave milk. Demand that had been steadily growing has spiked further after doctors touted its health benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic an...
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Britain hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden COVID vaccine access
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will host health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries in Oxford on Thursday for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to CO...
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China farmers push back the desert – one tree at a time
By David Stanway WUWEI, China (Reuters) - After a hard morning planting fresh shoots in the dunes on the edge of the Gobi Desert, 78-year-old farmer Wang Tianchang retrieves a three-stringed lute from...
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Australia’s Victoria posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in a week
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its lowest rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than a week on Thursday, a day after authorities extended a snap lockdown in...
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