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WHO says Guinea monitoring 155 contacts after confirmed Marburg case
By Bate Felix and Christophe Van Der Perre DAKAR (Reuters) - Health authorities in Guinea are monitoring 155 people who may have been in contact with a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease, a highl...
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Algerian wildfires kill 18 military men -defense ministry
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Eighteen Algerian military men have died fighting wildfires that broke out on Monday night east of the capital, Algiers, the defense ministry said. The government earlier said six ...
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Facebook removes Russian network that targeted influencers to peddle anti-vax messages
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine c...
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Oxford researcher urges Britain to donate vaccines rather than give boosters
LONDON (Reuters) - Booster shots for COVID-19 vaccines are not currently needed and the doses should be given to other countries, Oxford vaccine chief Andrew Pollard said on Tuesday in contrast to the...
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Belarus Olympic Committee calls U.S. sanctions ‘absurd’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian Olympic Committee (BOC) on Tuesday dismissed U.S. sanctions, imposed against it for alleged facilitation of money laundering and evasion of existing sanctions, as bas...
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Timeline: The Taliban’s rapid advance across Afghanistan
(Reuters) - Taliban insurgents control an estimated 65% of Afghan territory, after making rapid advances against local forces who are largely fending for themselves as foreign troops withdraw. Followi...
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U.S. judicial panel moves Texas lawsuit against Google, others to New York
(Corrects throughout to indicate Texas case will be centralized with others and move to the Southern District of New York) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judicial panel on Tuesday said that Texas' antit...
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White House says it remains in touch with auto executives about high car prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration's supply chain team remains in touch with auto industry executives about issues driving up prices, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday...
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U.S. senator raises concerns about Sanderson Farms sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said that he was concerned about Cargill Inc and Continental Grain Co's plan to jointly acquire chick...
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Invoking ‘Quit India’, minister welcomes Amazon, Flipkart ruling
By Aditya Kalra and Nupur Anand NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's commerce minister welcomed on Tuesday a Supreme Court decision that Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart should face investigations into alleged ...
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