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Motor racing-Japanese F1 Grand Prix cancelled for 2021
(Reuters) -The 2021 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second successive year, race organisers said on Wednesday. The cancellation of the race, sch...
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Chief editor of independent Belarus news agency missing after raid -association
KYIV (Reuters) - The chief editor of one of Belarus' leading independent news organisations has gone missing after police searched her home overnight, the country's reporters' association said on Wedn...
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Indonesia project to convert fuel-powered motorbikes to electric
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Wednesday launched a pilot project to convert motorcycles that run on combustion engines into electric-powered vehicles, part of a national drive to make transport mor...
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Haitians sheltering in tents grow impatient for aid after devastating quake
By Laura Gottesdiener LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians left homeless by a devastating earthquake that killed about 2,000 people voiced anger over a lack of government aid as they spent a fourth n...
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The Taliban could be different this time, Britain’s army chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - The world should give the Taliban the space to form a new government in Afghanistan and may discover that the insurgents cast as militants by the West for decades have become more r...
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More French nationals and Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Twenty-five French nationals and 184 Afghans were evacuated from Afghanistan overnight and have just landed in Abu Dhabi, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on W...
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German SPD overtakes Greens, close in on conservatives before election
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have overtaken the Greens and are closing the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives less than six weeks before a federal ele...
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Travel, defensive stocks keep European shares steady
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European stocks held steady on Wednesday as investors favoured real estate and healthcare stocks over economically sensitive sectors, on rising concerns over a spike in gl...
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Pandemic fatigue complicates Japan’s COVID fight, risks recovery delay
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's state of emergency restrictions are not curbing movement as effectively as in the past, according to mobility data, hurting the government...
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Marketmind: Rate hike? Not yet, says New Zealand
A look at the day ahead from Tom Arnold. New Zealand's decision on Wednesday to hold fire on a highly-anticipated rate hike is a reminder of the challenges major central banks face in their bid to ste...
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