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Cricket-Taliban to allow men’s cricket; status of smaller women’s programmes unclear
By Iain Axon (Reuters) - The Taliban have said they will not interfere with the Afghan men's national cricket team, the country's biggest sporting success of recent years, or stop the expansion of the...
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Erdogan says Turkey to impose mandatory PCR test, COVID vaccine requirements for some areas
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will begin requiring negative COVID-19 test results and proofs of vaccination for some sectors, including from teachers as schools reopen next month and for domestic travel, ...
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Spain probes Iberdrola’s use of reservoir water
By Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is examining the use of reservoir water by power utility Iberdrola, an energy and environment ministry official said on Thursday, adding a recent rapid draw-dow...
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Venezuela’s Maduro taps new foreign minister in cabinet shakeup
CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday named the country's envoy to China as the new foreign minister in a cabinet shakeup that comes amid political negotiations https://ww...
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Nigeria expects to lift Twitter ban by end of year, minister says
By Karin Strohecker and Libby George LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told Reuters on Thursday, adding t...
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Trucks rolling across Afghanistan border as trade resumes
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Commercial traffic across Afghanistan's border with Pakistan at the Spin Boldak/Chaman crossing picked up on Thursday, traders said, as the shock of the Taliban's lightnin...
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Biden’s promised review of pullout from Afghanistan not yet started – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has not yet begun a promised review of its handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as officials focus on the more immediate issue of evacuatio...
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U.S. lets states use federal pandemic funds to extend jobless aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. states can use federal pandemic-related funds passed this year to extend unemployment aid, President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday, saying the Delta variant im...
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SoftBank sells 11.4 million shares of DoorDash – source
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp sold 11.4 million shares of food delivery company DoorDash Inc, marketed via Goldman Sachs Group Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. They were pric...
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BU prepares for Move-In this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. — Bradley University students will be back on campus this weekend. BU’s Move-In begins with returning students on Friday, August 20 at 9 a.m. “And, on Saturday (August 2...
Julia Bradley Aug 19, 2021
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