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Olympics-Boxing-Trinidadian Prince, 35, keeps route open for Paris return
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - At 35 and after three unsuccessful bids to get to the Olympics, middleweight boxer Aaron Solomon Prince - Trinidad and Tobago's oldest fighter at the Games - is no...
Jul 26, 2021
India to miss end-July vaccination target as Bharat Biotech lags
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will miss a target to administer over a half billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of the month as Bharat Biotech - maker of its only approved homegro...
Jul 26, 2021
Sky Italia picks Vodafone exec Duilio as new CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - Comcast-owned Sky Italia has appointed Vodafone executive director Andrea Duilio as its new chief executive effective Sept. 6, the media company said on Monday. Duilio, 47, who heads...
Jul 26, 2021
Afghan soldiers seek refuge in Pakistan after losing border military posts
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan army said on Monday that 46 Afghan soldiers sought refuge in the country after losing control of military positions across the border following advances ...
Jul 26, 2021
The sky has fallen’: Chinese farmers see livelihoods washed away by floods
By Emily Chow XINXIANG, China (Reuters) - Chinese farmer Cheng wades through knee-deep water, pulling dead pigs behind him one-by-one by a rope tied around their ankles as he lines up the bloated carc...
Jul 26, 2021
Analysis – Law without order: investors grapple with China’s regulatory risk
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) - Western investors are wrestling with the risks of investing in U.S. listed stocks of Chinese companies after Beijing embarked on a regulatory cra...
Jul 26, 2021
Biden, Kadhimi to seal agreement on ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday will seal an agreement formally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end...
Jul 26, 2021
European stocks ease from peaks, Prosus hits 1-year low
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European stocks eased from all-time highs on Monday after regulatory concerns knocked Asian markets lower, while automakers retreated following a strong showing last week...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Skateboarding-‘Sooo sick’: Japan skate champ wins fans as TV commentator
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - One of the breakout stars of the inaugural skateboarding event at the Tokyo Olympics is a champion who's not even competing. On Monday, Ryo Sejiri, a TV commentator for...
Jul 26, 2021
France passes 40 million mark for first doses of COVID-19 jab
PARIS (Reuters) - Forty million people in France have now received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Tweet on Monday. Macron said that amounted ...
Jul 26, 2021
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