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Turkey’s COVID-19 cases surge above 14,000, triple early July level
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's new coronavirus cases jumped to 14,230 on Sunday, more than triple the amount three weeks earlier and reaching levels last seen in the first half of May, according to hea...
Jul 25, 2021
Lebanese Sunni Muslim leaders endorse ex-PM Najib Mikati as choice to form new government
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - A club of former Lebanese prime ministers said on Sunday they endorsed the choice of another former premier, Najib Mekati, to form a new government in yet another attempt to b...
Jul 25, 2021
Motorcycling-Spanish 14-year-old dies in junior race crash
(Reuters) - Hugo Millan, a 14-year-old Spanish rider, died on Sunday after he was involved in a serious collision in a junior championship race at the MotorLand Aragon in Spain. Millan competed in the...
Jul 25, 2021
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
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