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Five die after tugboat sinks off southern Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Five people died after a tugboat sank off the southern Italian coast while pulling a pontoon on a route between Italy and Albania, the coastguard said on Thursday. The Franco P tugboa...
May 19, 2022
Bus highway accident in Mexico’s Jalisco state kills 14 – emergency services
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A bus accident on a highway in Mexico's western state of Jalisco state has left 14 people dead and about 20 passengers with injuries, state emergency services said late on Wedn...
May 19, 2022
Soccer-Qatar World Cup to feature female referees in first for tournament
(Reuters) - Women referees will officiate matches at the men's World Cup for the first time in Qatar this year, the sport's governing body FIFA announced on Thursday. Three women referees and three wo...
May 19, 2022
Horse racing-Preakness carries on without Rich Strike as sweltering heat awaits
(Reuters) - Broiling temperatures and the absence of Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike threatens to dampen the enthusiasm at Pimlico on Saturday when the 147th the Preakness Stakes goes ahead without ...
May 19, 2022
Chilean man finds father’s million-dollar bankbook, government fights back
By Esteban Medel SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Exequiel Hinojosa's father was saving up to buy a house in the 1960s and 70s and managed to save up almost 140,000 pesos, about $163 now, meticulously detailed in...
May 19, 2022
COVID vaccine patents not discussed at G7 health ministers meeting
BERLIN (Reuters) - The question of COVID-19 vaccine patents was not discussed at a meeting of the health ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries in Berlin, German Health Ministers Karl Lauterba...
May 19, 2022
Russian soldier asks for forgiveness in Ukraine war crimes trial
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -A 21-year-old Russian soldier asked a Ukrainian widow to forgive him for the murder of her husband, as a court in Kyiv met for a second hearing on Thurs...
May 19, 2022
WHO clears COVID vaccine by China’s CanSino Biologics for emergency use
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday issued an emergency use listing for the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China-based CanSino Biologics. The vaccine, Convidecia, is the eleventh ...
May 19, 2022
U.S. banks’ 2021 hiring show lenders are seeking talent far beyond Wall Street
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of the new employees banks and other financial services companies hired in 2021 are based in Orlando, Dallas and other cities - far from...
May 19, 2022
Italy reports first case of monkeypox infection, two more suspected
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has diagnosed its first case of the monkeypox infection at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome, the hospital said on Thursday, adding that the person, who arrived from a stay on t...
May 19, 2022
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