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Italy’s 5-Star Movement elects former PM Conte as leader
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has been officially elected leader of the 5-Star Movement, ending months of uncertainty and division since he was first asked to head up t...
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Olympics-Cycling-Germany’s Hinze eases into women’s sprint quarter-finals
IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Germany's reigning world champion Emma Hinze fired a warning to her rivals when she overpowered China's Zhong Tianshi to reach the women's Olympic sprint quarter-finals on Satur...
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Olympic-Golf-Inami gets silver, first Games medal in the sport for Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mone Inami marked a great finish on Saturday by winning the first ever medal in Olympic golf for her country. The 22-year-old's silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics was a surpr...
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Olympics-Diving-China’s Cao wins gold in men’s 10 metre platform
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Cao Yuan won gold in the men's 10 metre platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Compatriot Yang Jian claimed silver, with Britain's Tom Daley taking bronze. (Repor...
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Olympics-Volleyball-Argentina beat Brazil in tense full sets to win bronze
TOKYO (Reuters) - Argentina stunned 2016 gold medallists Brazil in a tense full-set match in the men's volleyball tournament on Saturday to take the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, sending the world'...
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Olympics-Germany’s modern pentathlon coach disqualified after punching horse
By Karolos Grohmann and Steve Keating TOKYO (Reuters) - Germany's modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner will not be part of Saturday's men's individual competition at the Tokyo Olympics after she hit a ...
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UK PM Johnson won’t isolate after staff member’s positive COVID test
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not need to self isolate even though a member of his staff on a recent trip to Scotland tested positive for the coronavirus, his Downing St...
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Olympics-Boxing-Turkey’s Surmeneli wins women’s welterweight gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey beat Gu Hong of China to win the women's welterweight boxing gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Gu took silver, while Lovlina Borgohain of India and ...
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Olympics-Water polo-Hungary win bronze after beating Russian team
By Sam Nussey (Reuters) - Hungary claimed the bronze medal in the Olympic women's water polo competition with a gritty 11-9 win over the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team at Tatsumi Water Polo Cent...
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Olympics-Boxing-Britain’s Yafai, Bulgaria’s Krasteva wins flyweight golds
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Galal Yafai and Bulgaria's Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva won first boxing golds for their countries at the Tokyo Olympics after dominant displays in their fly...
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