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Motor racing-Castroneves wins Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Brazil's Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, joining AJ Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser as the only four-time winners of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing". (R...
May 30, 2021
Tennis-Zverev comes back from two-sets to win against qualifier Otte
PARIS (Reuters) - Sixth seed Alexander Zverev rallied from two sets down to beat qualifier Oscar Otte 3-6 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-0 in his opening round of the French Open on Sunday. The 24-year-old seemed head...
May 30, 2021
U.S. administers 294.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 294,928,850 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning and distributed 366,316,945 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
May 30, 2021
Kidnappers abduct students from school in central Nigeria
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Kidnappers abducted students in an attack on a school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger, a state government official said on Sunday. Armed group...
May 30, 2021
South Africa extends nightly curfew, limits gatherings as COVID-19 cases surge
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has extended its nightly curfew and limited the number of people at gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19 as positive cases surge, President Cyril Ramaphosa s...
May 30, 2021
Egypt lifts coronavirus restrictions from June 1, cabinet says
CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt will lift restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including easing the early closure of shops and restaurants, from Tuesday, the cabinet said. Since May 6, s...
May 30, 2021
Boko Haram militants kill 8 in southeastern Niger, says defence ministry
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Insurgents from the Islamist group Boko Haram killed four soldiers and four civilians in an attack on Niger's southeastern desert town of Diffa, the defence ministry said. At least ...
May 30, 2021
Thousands march in Colombia’s Bogota to demand end to protests, roadblocks
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Waving flags and dressed in white, thousands marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand an end to protests and roadblocks, as well as to express supp...
May 30, 2021
Georgia’s opposition returns to parliament after months of boycott
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia's largest opposition party United National Movement (UNM) said on Sunday it would return to the parliament after having boycotted it for seven months. "We have made a decisi...
May 30, 2021
Naftali Bennett: The right-wing millionaire who may end Netanyahu era
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Naftali Bennett, Israel's likely next prime minister, is a self-made tech millionaire who dreams of annexing most of the occupied West Bank. Bennett has said tha...
May 30, 2021
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