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Violence in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state spawns humanitarian crisis -MSF
LAGOS (Reuters) - Rising insecurity in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara has spawned a humanitarian crisis, International aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday. Gunmen, often...
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Explainer: What is a gamma squeeze and how did it drive up AMC’s stock price?
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc surged to a record high this week in a blistering rally that again highlighted how an arcane options market dynamic k...
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Keep 'em Coming!
Concerts are on their way back to central Illinois! Chicago, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, George Thorogood and hopefully many others will grace our stages big and small. Local bars, festivals and the ri...
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Calls grow for strike in Nicaragua after opposition leader detained
By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) - A group representing Nicaraguan political prisoners and the mothers of those killed protesting President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian government called Thursday fo...
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Tennis-Murray not yet ready to compete, skips Nottingham grasscourt event
(Reuters) - Britain's former world number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from a June 5-13 grasscourt ATP Challenger event in Nottingham as he is not yet ready to compete while he continues his recovery...
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Tennis-I felt I could do anything, says Swiatek, after cruising into third round
PARIS (Reuters) - Defending champion Iga Swiatek said she felt like she could do anything she wanted with ball after reaching the French Open third round with an ominous 6-1 6-1 demolition of Rebecca ...
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Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban – report
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is planning to end its policy that shields politicians from content moderation rules, the Verge reported https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/3/22474738/facebook-ending-political-f...
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France donates 184,000 AstraZeneca doses to Senegal via COVAX
DAKAR (Reuters) - France has donated 184,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to Senegal through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, the programme's sponsors said in a statement on Thursday. Th...
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Broadcom forecasts upbeat current-quarter sales on 5G ramp up
(Reuters) - Broadcom Inc forecast current-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, as the semiconductor firm is set to benefit from the rising adoption of 5G technology. As the glob...
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F. Lee Bailey, lawyer at O.J. Simpson ‘trial of the century,’ dies at 87 -Boston Globe
(Reuters) -F. Lee Bailey, the flamboyant defense attorney perhaps best known as part of the team of lawyers that defended O.J. Simpson against murder charges in the "trial of the century," has died, t...
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