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Brazil COVID cases top 20 million, death toll at 559,607
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 40,716 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 1,175 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The South American c...
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Golf-DeChambeau has no regrets after COVID-19 diagnosis forces Olympics withdrawal
(Reuters) - Bryson DeChambeau, who was unable to compete in the men's golf tournament at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, said on Wednesday he has no regrets about not getting v...
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U.S. approves potential sales of Howitzers to Taiwan – Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department approved the potential sale of 40 155mm M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer artillery systems to Taiwan in a deal valued at up to $750 million, the P...
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Sun Life quarterly profit beats estimates on business, assets growth
TORONTO (Reuters) - Sun Life Financial, Canada's second-largest life insurer, on Wednesday beat analysts' estimates for quarterly core profit, which rose on business and asset growth in its funds mana...
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Ukraine court returns to state ownership tycoon’s stake in titanium plant
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukraine court ruled that a titanium and magnesium plant 49% owned by Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash should return to full state ownership, anti-corruption prosecutors (SAP) said on...
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Factbox: Major U.S. companies making masks, vaccines mandatory
(Reuters) - The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires fully vacci...
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U.S. Senate Democrats target Big Oil for carbon polluters fund
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday unveiled legislation establishing a $500 billion fund to be financed by Big Oil and other "carbon polluters" th...
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Britain rows back on France quarantine, opens to more countries
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said that fully-vaccinated travellers returning to England from France will no longer have to quarantine, scrapping an extra rule imposed on its closest neighbour last month...
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Top paramilitary, guerrilla leaders in Colombia ask forgiveness
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Salvatore Mancuso and Rodrigo Londono, former enemies from Colombia's internal conflict, appeared together before the country's truth commission on Wednesday to...
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Explainer: How an impeachment of New York Governor Cuomo would proceed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resisting widespread calls for his resignation after a state investigation concluded he had sexually harassed at least 11 women, attention is f...
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