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Yankees’ Gerrit Cole doesn’t deny using ‘Spider Tack’
New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole didn't deny using foreign substances on the baseball when asked directly about recent claims during a press conference on Tuesday. Minnesota Twins third basem...
Jun 08, 2021
Peoria Council member suggests mental facility project
PEORIA, Ill. — After the Peoria County Board announced last April it would be closing long-term care facility Heddington Oaks, November General Election voters gave approval to sell the property...
Jun 08, 2021
Japan weighs holding the Games with spectators – Asahi newspaper
TOKYO (Reuters) - More Japanese government officials and 2020 Tokyo Olympics organisers are leaning toward holding the Games with domestic spectators as COVID-19 vaccines are rolled, the Asahi newspap...
Jun 08, 2021
Olympics-Australian baseballers give up on Olympic bid due to COVID
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has pulled out of the final baseball qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics due to "insurmountable" challenges amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's nati...
Jun 08, 2021
Las Vegas Sands faces $12 billion claim in Macau court
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands is facing a $12 billion lawsuit from a former partner in a Macau court, in a case set to shine a light over how coveted casino l...
Jun 08, 2021
In vigil remembering Canadian Muslim family, a vow that ‘this is our city’
By Carlos Osorio LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined several thousand mourners in a vigil Tuesday evening to remember three generations of a Canadian Muslim family killed ...
Jun 08, 2021
China reports 16 new coronavirus cases on June 8
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 16 new coronavirus cases on the mainland for June 8, down from 33 cases a day earlier, the health authority said in a statement on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 8 we...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. Senate passes bill to raise fees on biggest mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would increase fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and give those agencies bigger...
Jun 08, 2021
Former Virginia Gov McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for second term -media
(Reuters) - Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe won the Democratic nomination for the state's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, major news organizations forecast, securing his spot in a race tha...
Jun 08, 2021
UK pushes for City of London to be exempt from G7 global tax plan – FT
(Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for the City of London to be exempt from a new global minimum corporation tax system championed by the Group of Seven (G7) economies, the Fi...
Jun 08, 2021
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