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Top court frees Bosnian intelligence chief accused of fraud
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The top court in Bosnia on Friday released the country's intelligence chief following his detention and interrogation on charges of money laundering and abusing his office to forg...
Jul 16, 2021
Asia’s apparel industry threatened by rising sea levels, study warns
By Victoria Waldersee and Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Large swathes of apparel-producing areas in Asia will be underwater by 2030, an analysis released on Friday which overlaid maps of rising sea levels ont...
Jul 16, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-US showjumping’s ‘old married couple’ going for gold again
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - After more than three decades working together and representing the United States, McLain Ward and Lee McKeever joke that they are equestrian sport's "old married ...
Jul 16, 2021
Vaccine-starved Namibia receives Sinopharm boost
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia, whose COVID-19 inoculation programme was halted by a lack of vaccines, received a boost on Friday with the arrival of 250,000 Sinopharm doses bought from China. Namibia h...
Jul 16, 2021
Botswana counts on other COVID-19 vaccines as it runs out of AstraZeneca shots
GABORONE (Reuters) - About 15,000 people in Botswana will not be able to get their second dose of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in time and will be vaccinated with either Pfizer or Moderna, the he...
Jul 16, 2021
Median age of those infected with coronavirus in Italy falls to 28
MILAN (Reuters) - The median age of people infected with COVID-19 in Italy fell last week to 28, a record low, according to data released on Friday by national health authorities. The median ages of p...
Jul 16, 2021
Golf-Hatton snaps club in anger as Open frustration boils over
SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - England top-ranked player Tyrrell Hatton vented his anger on his pitching wedge, snapping it in half on the final hole of his second round at the British Open on Friday. ...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. FAA bars flights by Hawaiian cargo company that made emergency landing
(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it has barred the company that operates Hawaiian cargo airline Transair from flying or conducting maintenance inspections until it ...
Jul 16, 2021
Deutsche Bank’s international private bank unit hires seven bankers in Americas
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank's international private bank (IPB) unit said on Friday it hired seven bankers in the Americas, as it looks to strengthen its business in the region. The bankers will be joini...
Jul 16, 2021
Crop sowing lags in India, raising concerns over food grain output
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Summer-sown crop planting in India has been lagging as central and northern parts of the country received scant rainfall, the government said on Friday, raising c...
Jul 16, 2021
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