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Belfast health trust calls for nursing help as COVID-19 cases rise
LONDON (Reuters) - The Belfast Trust, which runs hospitals in the Northern Irish capital, called on nurses to work later on Sunday and overnight to help ease "extreme pressure" at two hospitals becaus...
Jul 25, 2021
Box Office Twist: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Beats ‘Space Jam’ and ‘Snake Eyes’
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - In a twist fitting for an M. Night Shyamalan thriller, "Old" is the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office with $16.5 million in ticket sales. Heading into...
Jul 25, 2021
China’s TAL Education expects hit from new private tutoring rules
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's TAL Education Group said on Sunday that its operations and business prospects could take a hit as a result of Beijing barring for-profit tutoring in core school subjects ...
Jul 25, 2021
Several major issues unresolved in bipartisan infrastructure talks – Democratic source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several major issues have yet to be resolved in the U.S. Senate's bipartisan talks on an infrastructure spending measure, a Democratic source said on Sunday. These included wage...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Dutch blunder delivers Van Vleuten another mishap
TOKYO (Reuters) - Annemiek van Vleuten bemoaned another Olympic mishap and broke down in tears as she explained a calamitous oversight after finishing second in Sunday's women's road race when she pre...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Zolotic hopes gold win will give taekwondo a lift in US
By Chang-Ran Kim CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. gold medallist for women's taekwondo Anastasija Zolotic said on Sunday she hoped her historic win would give taekwondo a boost in her home country, where...
Jul 25, 2021
Two activists killed in tightly fought vote in Pakistan’s Kashmir
By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two political activists were killed in an exchange of fire between supporters of two major Pakistani parties on Sunday during a tight race to ele...
Jul 25, 2021
Britain reports 29,173 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, lower than a day earlier
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 29,173 further cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a fall from 31,795 a day earlier, Public Health England said. It said on Twitter that data for the number of new deaths ...
Jul 25, 2021
Republican lawmaker says public transit dispute holding up U.S. infrastructure bill
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lead U.S. Republican negotiator on an infrastructure plan said on Sunday he hoped for a detailed agreement sometime this week despite a dispute over spendi...
Jul 25, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi may invite Republican Kinzinger onto Jan. 6 panel
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she intended to speak with Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger about serving on a select ...
Jul 25, 2021
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