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Swiss voters to decide on pesticides ban, terrorism law and COVID-19 aid
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland heads to the polls on Sunday in a batch of referendums which could see the country become only the second in the world to ban artificial pesticides. Laws ...
Jun 12, 2021
Soccer-Denmark’s Eriksen had cardiac massage on pitch, was able to speak before going to hospital -team doctor
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Christian Eriksen received life-saving cardiac massage treatment on the pitch after collapsing on Saturday in his side's Euro 2020 opening match with Finland but was a...
Jun 12, 2021
G7 leaders commit to increasing climate finance contributions
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - G7 leaders will commit on Sunday to increase their climate finance contributions to meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries cut ...
Jun 12, 2021
Golf-Spaniard Rahm says cleared to play U.S. Open
(Reuters) - Spanish world number three Jon Rahm, who was forced to withdraw from his last start with a sizeable lead because of a positive COVID-19 test, said on Saturday he has been cleared to play i...
Jun 12, 2021
Analysis-Soccer-Denmark can hold heads high despite Finland defeat
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - In any other circumstances, Finland's 1-0 victory over Denmark in their first major tournament appearance would have been an underdog story to treasure and celebrate. But after ...
Jun 12, 2021
After biker rally, Brazil’s Bolsonaro says cops will support him ‘whatever happens’
By Eduardo Simes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaking to a rally of bikers on Saturday, said he could count on police officers through "whatever happens," as he once agai...
Jun 12, 2021
Soccer-Debutants Finland beat Denmark but game overshadowed by Eriksen collapse
By Philip O'Connor COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Finland claimed a shock 1-0 Euro 2020 victory over Denmark in their first major tournament appearance on Saturday after the match had been suspended when Danis...
Jun 12, 2021
Afghans jailed in Greece over Moria migrant camp blaze
ATHENS (Reuters) - Four Afghan asylum-seekers were sentenced to 10 years in prison in Greece on Saturday for their part in a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp last year, in a case that highli...
Jun 12, 2021
Tennis-Krejcikova pays tribute to former mentor Novotna after French Open triumph
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova was at Jana Novotna's bedside as the 1998 Wimbledon champion lay terminally ill and it was fitting that the Czech's first tho...
Jun 12, 2021
Hundreds take part in funeral of Canadian Muslim family killed in truck attack
By Carolos Osorio LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Several hundred mourners joined a public funeral service on Saturday of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man in a pick-up truck last Sund...
Jun 12, 2021
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