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Tennis-Serena powers past Collins to reach last 16 in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Serena Williams powered confidently into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 defeat of fellow American Danielle Collins on Friday as the draw opened up enticingly. The...
Jun 04, 2021
Nigeria indefinitely suspends Twitter operations – information minister
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has indefinitely suspended the operations of U.S. social media giant Twitter, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday. In a statement he cited "the pers...
Jun 04, 2021
Putin says hacking allegations are attempt to create row ahead of Biden summit – Ifx
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that hacking allegations which some have linked to Russia were an attempt to provoke a political dispute ahead of a summit with U.S. Presiden...
Jun 04, 2021
Tennis-Second seed Medvedev cuts Opelka down to size to reach fourth round
PARIS (Reuters) - Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev put in a commanding performance against towering 32nd seed Reilly Opelka, beating the American 6-4 6-2 6-4 to storm into the fourth round of the F...
Jun 04, 2021
Jack Dorsey says Square Inc considers making hardware wallet for bitcoin
(Reuters) - Square Inc is considering making a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the fintech company's chief executive officer, Jack Dorsey, said in a tweet https://twitter.com/jack/status/1400839179513339...
Jun 04, 2021
Commodities hedge funds back in vogue after years of outflows
By Maiya Keidan and Jeff Lewis TORONTO (Reuters) - Hedge funds focused on commodities have generated strong returns in 2021 and investors long wary of such funds are now putting money into them, betti...
Jun 04, 2021
Explainer: Peasant roots to president? Peru’s Castillo, the champion of the poor
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Pedro Castillo has come a long way to be on the cusp of winning the Andean nation's presidential election. The son of peasant farmers, who lives humbly as a tea...
Jun 04, 2021
UK to protect population before donating vaccines abroad, minister says
By Alistair Smout OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday vaccinating children in the United Kingdom against COVID-19 would take priority over donating vacci...
Jun 04, 2021
Lioness dies from COVID-19 in Indian zoo
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - A nine-year old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There have been v...
Jun 04, 2021
Myanmar junta opponents say no faith in ASEAN as envoys visit
(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar's junta said on Friday they had lost faith in Southeast Asian efforts to end the crisis in the country, as two regional envoys met the military ruler Min Aung Hlaing i...
Jun 04, 2021
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