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Olympics-Rowing-Italian rower misses medal-winning race after positive COVID test
By Amy Tennery TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy raced their way to an Olympic bronze in the men's four medal race on Wednesday, but team stalwart Bruno Rosetti missed out on his chance for a treasured piece of...
Jul 27, 2021
Actor Bob Odenkirk collapses on set of ‘Better Call Saul’ – sources
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television and film actor Bob Odenkirk was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of his AMC cable network show "Better Cal...
Jul 27, 2021
Blinken starts India meetings with address to civil society group
By Simon Lewis NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet his Indian counterpart and other officials on Wednesday before heading to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Britain win men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain won the gold medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. The Russian Olympic Committee team won the silver and Australia took the bronze. (E...
Jul 27, 2021
India reports 43,654 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported 43,654 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the federal government said on Wednesday. The country's total case load now stands at 31.44 million infections, acc...
Jul 27, 2021
Indonesia’s BRI Life probes reported data leak of two million users
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - BRI Life, the insurance arm of Indonesia's Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), said on Tuesday it was investigating claims that the personal details of over two million of its c...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Van Vleuten wins gold in women’s time trial
OYAMA TOWN, Japan (Reuters) - Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands won the gold medal in the women's Olympic road time trial on Wednesday. Switzerland's Marlen Reusser claimed the silver medal with...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-‘Small town’ girl Titmus wins 200m freestyle thriller
TOKYO (Reuters) - From growing up in a small town in Tasmania to winning two gold medals at her first Olympic Games, Ariarne Titmus said she has proved anything is possible if you believe in yourself ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Hockey-Netherlands, Britain breeze to wins in women’s hockey in Tokyo
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - The Netherlands secured an easy victory over South Africa in hot, blustery conditions at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, while Britain defeated India. The Dutch w...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Basketball 3×3-At first medal matches, DJ Lass is there to pump up the volume
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - When a 3x3 basketball https://fiba3x3.com match goes into sudden death overtime, the haunting beat of Kanye West's "Power" is just the right track to heighten the inte...
Jul 27, 2021
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