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Sri Lanka seen returning to growth by year-end, president says
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow again from the end of this year and the government hopes to extricate the country from its economic crisis by 2026, Pre...
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NBA-LeBron James becomes NBA’s all-time leading scorer
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) -Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, setting the new mark with a fadeaway jumpshot l...
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Microsoft calls for ‘coalition’ to improve Congo’s informal cobalt mines
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Microsoft visited an artisanal cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in December as part of attempts to jump-start formalisation of the little-regulated and dangerous indus...
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Surfing-Florence’s Houdini act sees him through to quarters at Pipeline
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - John John Florence teleported himself through two unfeasibly long tube rides and into the quarter-finals of surfing's Billabong Pro Pipeline on Tuesday, establishing himse...
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Boxing-Harrison thanks Tszyu for waking him from ‘the dead’ for title fight
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former world champion Tony Harrison thanked Tim Tszyu for accepting his challenge for the interim WBO super welterwight title fight in Sydney next month, saying the Australian ha...
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Three injured — one critically — in North Peoria car crash
PEORIA, Ill. – Three people are injured — one seriously — following a crash in North Peoria Tuesday evening. It happened at 7:53 p.m. at Allen Road and Pioneer Parkway. Peoria Fire B...
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East Peoria City Council approves arbitration ruling involving city’s police officers
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The East Peoria City Council has approved of a resolution in a salary dispute involving the city’s police officers. Council members Tuesday approved of an arbitrator...
Will Stevenson Feb 07, 2023
India cenbank hikes rates 25 bps as expected, hints more could come
By Swati Bhat and Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India hiked its key repo rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as expected but surprised markets by leaving the door ...
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Romney tells embattled Republican George Santos he ‘shouldn’t be in Congress’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Mitt Romney told embattled fellow Republican Representative George Santos on Tuesday that should not be in Congress and shouldn't have taken a central seat at Presi...
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Tennis-Venus ‘overwhelmed’ by hamstring injury, preparing for rehab grind
(Reuters) - Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams faces a long spell on the sidelines due to a hamstring injury that ended her hopes of playing in last month's Australian Open but the 42-year...
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