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WHO expert says the issue of COVID-19 origins ‘poisoned by politics’
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization's (WHO) top emergency expert Mike Ryan on Friday urged for the separation of the "politics" of the question of the origin of the coronavirus from the science ...
May 28, 2021
Italy to approve reform decree to unlock EU Recovery funds
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government will meet later on Friday to approve a decree setting out how it will oversee investments funded by the European Union and acc...
May 28, 2021
Biden’s defense budget gives troops 2.7% raise
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's $715 billion Department of Defense budget includes a 2.7% pay raise for troops and shifts billions in spending from old systems to help ...
May 28, 2021
BlackRock goes against BP board in climate resolution vote
By Simon Jessop and Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -The world's biggest asset manager and top BP investor BlackRock said on Friday it had backed a shareholder resolution calling for faster climate action...
May 28, 2021
Russia warns Disney against distributing short film featuring gay character
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday warned Walt Disney Co against distributing content it said was harmful to children in Russia with its release of a short fil...
May 28, 2021
Canadian lawmaker caught urinating on virtual video stream weeks after naked gaffe
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian lawmaker is temporarily stepping down from some duties and is "seeking assistance" after being caught on camera urinating during parliamentary proceedings, a month after ...
May 28, 2021
Soccer-It’s not me versus Guardiola says Chelsea’s Tuchel
By Simon Evans PORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - Two of the finest tacticians of the modern game will go head to head in the Champions League final on Saturday but Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said it was ...
May 28, 2021
Syria’s Assad tells voters they have re-defined revolution
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday those who went out to vote in presidential elections have brought back the true meaning of revolution after it was tarnished by "mer...
May 28, 2021
More than 70 dead after boat sinks in Nigeria
By Ardo Hazzad BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities have recovered the bodies of more than 70 people after an overloaded boat capsized in the northwestern state of Kebbi on Wednesday, a st...
May 28, 2021
Three positives in latest round of MLB COVID-19 testing
One major league player was among the three positive COVID-19 cases in the weekly test results released Friday by Major League Baseball and the Players Association. One Triple-A player and one staff m...
May 28, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
59 °F Patchy rain nearby
