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Arab countries pledge aid as Tunisia struggles with COVID pandemic
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Several countries promised to help Tunisia fight the coronavirus on Friday as the north African country recorded its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began,...
Jul 09, 2021
Biden fires Trump-nominated Social Security commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration, but Saul told the Washington Post he plans to be at w...
Jul 09, 2021
Canada judge won’t allow Huawei CFO to use HSBC documents in U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) -A Canadian judge has denied Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's application to add a trove of documents her legal team received from HSBC as evidence ...
Jul 09, 2021
Moroccan court sentences striking dissident journalist to five years in jail
CASABLANCA, Morocco (Reuters) - A Moroccan court in Casablanca on Friday handed a five-year jail sentence to Moroccan dissident journalist Soulimane Raisouni on sexual assault charges, which he denies...
Jul 09, 2021
U.S. pledges $500 million to increase meat processing capacity
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government will invest at least $500 million to expand beef, pork and poultry processing capacity, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Friday, after ...
Jul 09, 2021
Explosion in park in north Tehran, no one hurt -state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - A loud blast was heard in north Tehran early on Saturday after an "unknown object" exploded in a park without hurting anyone, state television reported. "An unknown object exploded ....
Jul 09, 2021
After hottest June ever, U.S. braces for new heatwave in West
(Reuters) - Western states are bracing for more scorching weather this weekend after the hottest month of June on record in the United States killed scores of people, strained electric grids and deple...
Jul 09, 2021
Residents of Canadian town destroyed by record-breaking fire return for glimpse of homes
By Jennifer Gauthier LYTTON, British Columbia (Reuters) - Residents of Lytton, British Columbia, were able to see the remains of their homes on Friday for the first time since they were forced to flee...
Jul 09, 2021
Brazil COVID-19 case count tops 19 million, death toll 531,688 -Health Ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil registered 57,737 new COVID-19 cases and 1,509 new deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Friday. This means the total case count in Brazil has now exc...
Jul 09, 2021
Brazil 2022 election will take place; ‘It’s that simple,’ says Senate president
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco on Friday vehemently rejected any speculation that the 2022 presidential election may not take place, insisti...
Jul 09, 2021
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