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NFL: Brands could flock to Nassib after historic coming out announcement
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Las Vegas Raiders' Carl Nassib could become one of the most recognizable faces in football as brands line up to be associated with the National Football League's first open...
Jun 22, 2021
New British 50 pound note with WW2 codebreaker Turing enters circulation
LONDON (Reuters) - A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first...
Jun 22, 2021
Reditus Labs in Pekin detects more cases of Delta variant
PEKIN, Ill. — Reditus Labs in Pekin has identified two additional cases of the B.1.167.2 variant of COVID-19, also known as the Delta variant. The variant was first identified in India, carries ...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. expected to extend CDC residential eviction ban by one month -sources
By David Shepardson and Michelle Conlin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium set to expire June 30 is expected to be e...
Jun 22, 2021
Save Our Summer: British pilots call on politicians to rescue travel industry
LONDON (Reuters) - British pilots on Wednesday urged politicians to save the summer holiday season through clearer travel guidance and provide direct financial support to rescue jobs as the industry g...
Jun 22, 2021
Washington calls Peru election ‘fair’ despite Fujimori claims of voter fraud
LIMA (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that Peru's recent presidential election was "a model of democracy," despite efforts by conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori to get ballots ...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox: Money, money, money: the cost of Tokyo’s pandemic-delayed Games
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Despite local opposition amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games that were postponed last year will get under way in exactly a month - barring "Armagedd...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox: Tokyo Games in the shadow of coronavirus
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, just a month away, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history, as it grapples...
Jun 22, 2021
Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid...
Jun 22, 2021
Britain’s spy agency honours codebreaker Turing in giant artwork
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's GCHQ spy agency has installed a giant multicoloured artwork to celebrate codebreaker and mathemetician Alan Turing, who helped turn the tide of World War Two against Nazi ...
Jun 22, 2021
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