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Olympics-Tokyo organisers discard $45,500 worth of medical gear -media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics discarded 5 million yen ($45,508) worth of surgical masks, gowns, and disinfectant after the Games, held practically with no fans amid the pandemic, ...
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Estonia’s parliament elects museum head as country’s president
(Reuters) - Alar Karis, the head of the Estonian National Museum, was elected country's president by its parliament on Tuesday, replacing the first female head of state Kersti Kaljulaid. Karis, 53, wa...
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Nigeria prioritising four COVID-19 vaccines, not including Sinopharm
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria is prioritising the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the official heading Nigeria's COVID-19 vaccination campaign said on Tuesday when asked whethe...
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Mexico says could recover U.S. air safety rating in first half of 2022
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico could recover its Category 1 air safety rating with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the first half of 2022, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard sai...
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Soccer-West Ham’s Antonio gets first Jamaica call-up
(Reuters) - West Ham United striker Michail Antonio's fine start to the Premier League season has been rewarded with a maiden call-up to the Jamaican national team, the Premier League club said on Tue...
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Soccer-Van Dijk looks forward to national team return in World Cup qualifier
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Virgil van Dijk said he was excited to be back with the Netherlands team after being sidelined for almost a year with a knee injury, having been restored as captain for Wednesday...
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Frenchwoman officially considered dead fights to be “alive” again
By Cecile Mantovani SAINT-JOSEPH, France (Reuters) - Declared dead by a French court in 2017, Jeanne Pouchain has spent the past four years trying to escape a bewildering legal twilight zone and prove...
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Mississippi highway collapses in Ida’s wake, Louisiana grapples with power, water woes
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Peter Szekely NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Two people were killed and 10 injured when a deep crevasse opened up on a Mississippi highway in the wake of heavy rains unleashed by H...
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Soccer-Dortmund’s Thorgan Hazard ruled out of Belgium’s World Cup qualifiers
(Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund winger Thorgan Hazard has been ruled out of Belgium's upcoming internationals due to injury, the national team said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old was last week named in man...
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Drugstore chain Walgreens to raise minimum hourly wage for staff from October
(Reuters) -Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Tuesday it would increase the starting wage of its staff to $15 an hour beginning October. Earlier this month, rival CVS Health also sai...
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