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Facebook decided faith groups are good for business. Now, it wants your prayers
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook has long sought your attention. In recent weeks, it has started asking for your prayers as well in a new tool now available for U.S. Facebook Groups. The pr...
Jul 22, 2021
From China to Germany, floods expose climate vulnerability
By Aradhana Aravindan and James Mackenzie (Reuters) - Deadly floods that have upended life in both China and Germany have sent a stark reminder that climate change is making weather more extreme acros...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-Fed up with fourth place, Australia want podium spot
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia's men's basketball team is arguably the most successful outfit never to have won an Olympic Games medal, having finished fourth on four occasions, but f...
Jul 21, 2021
Taiwan orders further 36 million Moderna vaccine doses
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has ordered a further 36 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, the government said on Thursday, as it seeks to lock in deliveries for the months ahead. Taiwan has ...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Softball-Olympic softballers hunt roaming bear, no luck finding it so far
By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. softball pitcher Monica Abbott had one regret on a day she threw a dazzling shutout to beat Canada: She had no idea she was supposed to be on the looko...
Jul 21, 2021
Perfume recovery helps Givaudan H1 net profit beat poll
ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss flavour and fragrance maker Givaudan confirmed its mid-term targets on Thursday after a strong recovery in the parts of the business hit by the COVID-19 pandemic last year help...
Jul 21, 2021
Delta variant taking hold of Indonesia’s Papua as hospitals near capacity
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with health officials bracing for the full ...
Jul 21, 2021
Scandals over ceremony have deterred some, Tokyo 2020 head says
TOKYO (Reuters) - A series of recent scandals engulfing officials working on the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Games may have discouraged some people from watching the event, the president of Tok...
Jul 21, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Djokovic to start quest for Tokyo gold against 139th-ranked Dellien
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic will begin the next leg of his quest to become the first male player to complete the Golden Slam when he takes on Bolivia's ...
Jul 21, 2021
HK court sentences seven for 2019 attack on protesters at train station
By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced seven men to between 3-1/2 and 7 years in prison for their role in a 2019 attack on pro-democracy protesters, reporters and ...
Jul 21, 2021
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