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Swiss say Kremlin-linked businessman fighting extradition to U.S.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A Kremlin-linked Russian businessman is fighting extradition to the United States following his arrest on a U.S. warrant issued over alleged insider trading, the Swiss justice minis...
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Swedish prosecutor charges ex-Bombardier employee with bribery in rail deal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An ex-employee of a unit of Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier, now owned by French firm Alstom, has been charged in Sweden on suspicion of bribing an Azerbaijani official to sec...
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Coronavirus wave takes Haiti, yet to begin vaccinations, by surprise
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - For more than a year, Haiti escaped the worst ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting few cases and fatalities - a rare break for the po...
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Peru leftist Castillo inches nearer win in sharply divided election
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo was holding on to a razor-thin lead in the deeply divided country's presidential election on Wednesday with alm...
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Bahrain political prisoner dies of COVID-19, activists say
DUBAI (Reuters) - A political prisoner serving a life sentence in Bahrain has died after contracting COVID-19, activists and an opposition group said on Wednesday, as the tiny Gulf state fights a surg...
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Belarus opposition leader wants international tribunal to probe Lukashenko
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Wednesday for an international tribunal to be set up to investigate what she called the "crimes" of President Alexander ...
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60% of single people expect THIS to be more popular than ever after the pandemic is completely over. What is THIS?
June 9, 2021 Q: 60% of single people expect THIS to be more popular than ever after the pandemic is completely over. What is THIS? A: Sexting
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Novartis to close Swiss plant, 50 jobs to go
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis plans to close a plant in the southern Swiss town of Locarno, the drugmaker said on Wednesday, citing falling demand for testing products. Around 50 jobs are set to go by s...
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Biden says he will be announcing a vaccine plan for the world
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he will be announcing a vaccine plan for the world as he headed to Europe for his first foreign trip as president. "I hav...
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Brazil inflation in May rises above 8%, highest since Sept 2016
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Brazil scaled 8% in May for the first time in more than four years, figures showed on Wednesday, a figure higher than economists had forecast...
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