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Olympics-South Korea team told to remove banners at Olympic village
TOKYO (Reuters) - The South Korean team has removed banners with an historic reference to a past conflict with Japan from their Olympic village accommodation balconies in Tokyo, the International Olym...
Jul 17, 2021
Ghana culls thousands of chickens, bans poultry movement amid avian flu outbreak
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000 birds were found to have died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, the country's vete...
Jul 17, 2021
China puts controlling stake of revamped Anbang on the block for $5.2 billion
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Two Chinese state investors plan to sell a combined 98.78% of their stakes in Dajia Insurance Group, the revamped entity of embattled Anbang Insurance Group, for 33.6 billion yuan...
Jul 17, 2021
Olympics-IOC backs transgender weightlifter’s selection for Tokyo, says to review rules later
TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Saturday backed New Zealand's selection of transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard for the Tokyo Olympics despite criticism, saying that under ...
Jul 17, 2021
Syria’s Assad says funds frozen in Lebanese banks biggest impediment to investment
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the main impediment to investment in the country was money stuck in ailing Lebanese banks. In a speech after being sworn in as presi...
Jul 17, 2021
Engine failure forced Russian plane to make hard landing, investigators say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but cau...
Jul 17, 2021
Olympics-IOC aware of Japan scepticism over Games, hopes home success will shift mood
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) -The International Olympic Committee on Saturday said it was aware of scepticism within Japan about staging the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic but it is hoping su...
Jul 17, 2021
New York Governor Cuomo to be deposed in sexual harassment probe -NYT
(Reuters) - Investigators for the New York state attorney general's office are expected to take a deposition from Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday as part of a sexual harassment probe, the New York T...
Jul 17, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-After world record, Warholm eyes final jewel in crown
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - With World Championship titles and the 400-metre hurdles world record in his possession, there is only one jewel left for Karsten Warholm to add to his athletics crown: Olym...
Jul 17, 2021
France to reinforce COVID-19 restrictions for travellers
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday that France would reinforce restrictions on travellers from a series of countries to counter a rebound in COVID-19 cases. From Sund...
Jul 17, 2021
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