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Australia’s Victoria logs 5 local COVID-19 cases amid lockdown, vaccination demand surges
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid a strict lockdown, as people rushed to vaccination centres, causing long lines and technologica...
May 28, 2021
California governor orders review of death row inmate’s conviction
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered an independent investigation into the high-profile clemency petition of death row inmate Kevin Cooper, who ma...
May 28, 2021
Philippines protests China’s ‘illegal’ South China Sea presence
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has protested China's continuing "illegal presence and activities" near an island in the South China Sea held by the Southeast Asian nation, the foreign ministry sai...
May 28, 2021
MLS hits Beckham-owned Inter Miami with $2 million fine
(Reuters) - Inter Miami, the club co-owned by David Beckham, have been fined a record US$2 million by Major League Soccer over salary budget breeches following an investigation into last year's signin...
May 28, 2021
3M wins U.S. trial alleging cover-up of earplug design
(Reuters) - 3M Co won a court case on Friday in which it was accused of covering up design defects in earplugs used by the military, following a recent loss in a similar case among nearly 230,000 clai...
May 28, 2021
U.S. agency says employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - U.S. companies can mandate that employees in a workplace must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Friday. The EEOC, in a statement po...
May 28, 2021
MLS hits Inter Miami with record $2M fine
Major League Soccer levied a $2 million fine on Inter Miami on Friday after an investigation found that the second-year team violated the league's salary budget and roster regulations. MLS also fined ...
May 28, 2021
U.S. to re-impose sanctions on Belarus firms over plane incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday said it will re-impose sanctions on nine Belarusian state-owned businesses in response to Belarus' forced landing of a passenger jet and subse...
May 28, 2021
London man charged in shooting of Black Lives Matter activist
(Reuters) - An 18-year-old London man was charged with conspiracy to murder in connection with the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson, who remained hospitalised in critical conditio...
May 28, 2021
U.S. government seeks to dismiss suit against Trump, Washington Post says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and other offi...
May 28, 2021
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