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Turkish blaze approaches power plant as wildfires enter 10th day
By Mert Ozkan and Umit Bektas MILAS, Turkey (Reuters) - A forest fire was coming closer to a power station in southwest Turkey on Friday, local officials said, a day after firefighters brought a blaze...
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United Airlines makes COVID-19 shots compulsory for U.S. employees
(Reuters) - United Airlines Inc on Friday became the latest company to require all its U.S.-based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The airline said employees would need to show proof...
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England’s COVID-19 prevalence falls back to 1 in 75, ONS says
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England is estimated to have fallen to 1 in 75 people in the week to July 31, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday,...
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Futures flat with focus on July jobs report
(Reuters) - Trading in U.S. stock index futures was subdued on Friday, as investors waited for the jobs report for July amid concerns that rising cases of the Delta coronavirus variant could hurt the ...
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Global investors chase safer money market, bond funds on virus woes – Lipper
(Reuters) - Global investors took shelter in safer money market and bond funds in the week to Aug. 4, as the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 dampened hopes for a faster recovery from the p...
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South Korea’s Moon dismisses link with activists charged with spying for North
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's presidential office on Friday dismissed opposition lawmakers' calls for explanations on a relationship between President Moon Jae-in and three activists...
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Heatwave turns already arid Kazakh steppe into mass grave for horses
AKSHYMYRAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Dead horses lie scattered across the arid steppe of Kazakhstan's Mangistau peninsula where severe drought has left the animals without food or water, threatening the...
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England says Delta infections produce similar virus levels regardless of vaccine status
LONDON (Reuters) - Public Health England on Friday said that early evidence suggested the levels of coronavirus found in people infected with the Delta variant are similar whether or not they are vacc...
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Washington man pleads guilty to 2019 murder
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. — A Washington man pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the death of a Morton man in 2019. News partner 25 News reports that the Tazewell County State’s ...
Julia Bradley Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-A national passion but Japan still seeks golden moment in keirin
By Shiho Tanaka IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Yuka Kobayashi broke new ground this week when she became the first female Japanese rider to compete at the Olympics in a keirin -- a cycling race ingrained in t...
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