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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users – Downdetector
(Reuters) - Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Users also reported issues with Facebook'...
Jul 03, 2021
Iraqi minister says BP mulls quitting Iraq, Lukoil wants to sell up
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said in a video posted on Saturday on the ministry's Facebook page that BP was considering withdrawing from Iraq, and that Russia's Lukoil had...
Jul 03, 2021
‘Return him to me,’ pleads mother of 2-year-old migrant found alone in Mexico
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Lorena Garcia, a young woman from a rural village in western Honduras, has accepted that her 2-year-old son has lost his chance at the American dream. Now, ...
Jul 03, 2021
Factbox: Who’s buying Britain’s Morrisons?
LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket group after Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda, has agreed a 6.3 billion pound ($8.7 billion) takeover by a trio of investment groups led by...
Jul 03, 2021
Cyprus seeks aid from EU and Israel as huge forest fire rages
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus appealed for aid from its EU partners and Israel on Saturday as a huge forest fire raged north of the cities of Limassol and Larnaca, forcing the evacuation of villages. The...
Jul 03, 2021
Israeli officials say cargo ship possibly attacked en route to UAE- Israeli N12 News
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli defence officials were checking whether Iranian forces were behind a possible attack on a cargo ship under partial Israeli ownership on Saturday on its way from Jeddah to...
Jul 03, 2021
Soccer-Denmark too strong for Czech Republic and reach Euros semis
BAKU (Reuters) - Denmark's rousing Euro 2020 campaign continued as they beat the Czech Republic 2-1 on Saturday to reach the semi-finals thanks to first-half strikes from Thomas Delaney and Kasper Dol...
Jul 03, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 330 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
The United States has administered 329,970,551 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 383,067,560 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s...
Jul 03, 2021
Portugal to vaccinate 1.7 million in two weeks as COVID infections rise
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal said on Saturday it hoped to vaccinate a further 1.7 million people against COVID-19 over the next two weeks as authorities scramble to contain a surge in infections caused...
Jul 03, 2021
Britain’s Morrisons agrees $8.7 billion takeover by Fortress-led group
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons has agreed to a takeover led by SoftBank owned Fortress Investment Group that values Britain's fourth-largest supermarket chain at 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 ...
Jul 03, 2021
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