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Sudan doctors say two protesters shot dead by troops in Omdurman
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's Central Doctors Committee said on Saturday two protesters were shot dead by troops in the capital Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman. The report of deaths came as hundreds of t...
Oct 30, 2021
J&J settles most Risperdal lawsuits, with $800 million in expenses
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it has settled most of the lawsuits it faced by thousands of men who claimed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal caused them to develop excessive breast tissue and dis...
Oct 30, 2021
Pope Francis agrees to make first papal visit to India since 1999
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit, in a turnaround in relations with the Vatican following the failu...
Oct 30, 2021
Tennis-New-look Billie Jean King Cup Finals set to start, but big names missing
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - The inaugural edition of the revamped women's team competition, the Billie Jean King Cup, begins on Monday after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic when Fran...
Oct 30, 2021
Lebanon says government can’t afford to resign as Saudi rift widens
By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's government cannot afford to resign over a growing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and some Gulf states, a member of a Lebanese crisis...
Oct 30, 2021
Haiti’s hospitals close to collapse as fuel remains scarce
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate to have her infant son Pierre admitted to hospital to treat his anemia and diarrhea, Mirlande Cherie set out two weeks ago on...
Oct 30, 2021
Philippines logs record daily COVID-19 deaths as data reclassified
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Saturday reported its highest single-day coronavirus deaths, mostly due to the reclassification of previous cases, the health ministry said. In a bulletin, the mi...
Oct 30, 2021
State, local police step up patrols this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill – State and local police are boosting their enforcement efforts over this Halloween weekend. More than 1,000 people have died on Illinois roads this year, and Illinois Departmen...
Oct 30, 2021
U.S. back with ‘guns blazing’ on climate issue – U.S. Treasury adviser
By Andrea Shalal ROME (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury's top climate adviser said that renewed U.S. engagement on climate change under President Joe Biden has helped put the issue at the top of the Group...
Oct 30, 2021
Queen Elizabeth is on ‘very good form’, UK PM Johnson says
By Elizabeth Piper ROME (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who has been advised by doctors to rest and avoid official visits for at least the next two weeks, is on very good form, Prime Minister B...
Oct 30, 2021
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