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China’s gasoline, jet fuel use to hit record in 2021 despite COVID cloud
By Chen Aizhu and Muyu Xu SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's fuel demand is on track to hit record highs this year on a rebound in car sales and booming domestic air travel, even as a resurgence of...
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Senegalese doctors, cemetery workers battle COVID-19 surge
By Ngouda Dione and Cooper Inveen DAKAR (Reuters) - At Dalal Jamm hospital in Dakar, only the whooshing sound of a ventilator and beeps from a monitor indicated that the pregnant COVID-19 patient in t...
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U.N. appeals for funds to fight hunger in Myanmar
By Doyinsola Oladipo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday it may not have enough funding for the next six months to help millions of people in Myanmar facing foo...
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Olympics-Cycling-Friedrich tops sprint qualifying to lead German medal charge
IZU, Japan (Reuters) - German rider Lea Friedrich broke the Olympic record in the qualifying rides for the women's individual sprint competition at the Izu Velodrome on Friday. A total of 17 riders fi...
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J&J applies for emergency use approval of COVID-19 vaccine in India
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that it had applied for an emergency use approval of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine with Indian authorities on Aug. 5. The U.S.-based pharmaceut...
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Marketmind: Pay day!
A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao. It's been an eventful central banking week. Australia stuck with plans to unwind stimulus from September, Brazilian and Czech interest rates rose and the Bank ...
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Olympics-Golf-Japan’s Inami raises medal hopes after Matsuyama misses
By Ju-min Park KAWAGOE (Reuters) - Japanese golfer Mone Inami is taking up the host nation's hopes of a medal at the Olympics golf, after high-profile Hideki Matsuyama failed to bag a bronze https://w...
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Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture sets to report record new COVID-19 cases of more than 2,000 – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, which borders Tokyo, is set to report record new COVID-19 cases of more than 2,000, public broadcaster NHK said. (Reporting by Takashi Umekawa; Editing b...
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European stocks slip but set for strong weekly gain
(Reuters) - European stocks fell marginally on Friday ahead of a key U.S. jobs report, but were on course to end the week higher as investors grew confident in the region's economic recovery and earni...
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Olympics-Basketball-U.S. women on path for 7th straight gold after drubbing Serbia in semis
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - Team USA continued their march toward a seventh-straight gold medal in Olympic women's basketball on Friday, handily dispatching Serbia in their semifinal match. Fol...
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