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Soccer-Bolivia’s Martins gets one-game ban for criticising Copa organisation
ASUNCION (Reuters) - Bolivia striker Marcelo Martins has been banned for one game and fined $20,000 by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) after criticising the organisation for hosti...
Jun 18, 2021
Durbin, Bustos make Peoria stop to tout ARP
PEORIA, Ill. — On the heels of the March passage of the American Rescue Plan, Senator Dick Durbin and 17th District Representative Cheri Bustos joined Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and Heartland Health ...
Jun 18, 2021
Olympics-Returning U.S. Olympians rely on experience for another shot at glory
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - Earning a place on the United States Olympic team is tough at the best of times - but booking your ticket to a third, fourth or even fifth Games during a pandemic is an enor...
Jun 18, 2021
Athletics-Banned Houlihan’s Tokyo dreams over after injunction denied
(Reuters) - Middle-distance runner Shelby Houlihan said the Swiss Federal Tribunal on Friday denied a request for an emergency injunction which would have allowed her to race in the U.S. Olympic trial...
Jun 18, 2021
Exclusive: Fed’s Kashkari opposed to rate hikes at least through 2023
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Friday he wants to keep the U.S. central bank's benchmark short-term interest rate near zero at least through the ...
Jun 18, 2021
Mexico City mayor to construction firms: Pay up for collapsed metro line
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that she would like the firms that built the metro railway that collapsed and killed 26 people last month to help pay for its...
Jun 18, 2021
Motor racing-F1 teams unhappy at costly car-damaging Le Castellet kerbs
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Fierce Formula One rivals Red Bull and Mercedes found common cause on Friday in complaining about costly damage caused by the kerbs at turn two of the French Grand Prix cir...
Jun 18, 2021
Merkel and Macron urge EU coordination on reopening borders
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for European Union countries to coordinate their COVID-19 border reopening policies and guard a...
Jun 18, 2021
COVID-19 may cause loss of brain tissue; Delta variant fuels steep infection rise in England
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Jun 18, 2021
Macron says European defense autonomy and NATO membership are compatible
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said that the goal of European defence autonomy could go hand in hand with NATO membership. "We have succeeded in instilling the idea that ...
Jun 18, 2021
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