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Top U.S. diplomat: Nicaragua’s Ortega clinging to power ‘at all costs’
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega of taking new "undemocratic, authoritarian actions" after police arrested another rival politician ahead o...
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Hedge fund Odey sells stake in Ryanair, IAG -Mail on Sunday
(Reuters) - UK-based hedge fund Odey Asset Management has sold its stakes in airline firms Ryanair Holdings Plc and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, the Mail on Sunday reported. Hedge fun...
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Olympics-Athletics-Kenya’s Kipchoge wins men’s marathon gold
By Chris Gallagher SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the Olympic men's marathon with a commanding performance in Sapporo on Sunday, winning his second straight gold medal and cemen...
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Bidens applaud courage of U.S. Olympic athletes
By Nandita Bose WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden applauded U.S. Olympic athletes on Saturday for showing courage under pressure and uniting the country, a day...
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Japan to douse Olympic flame of Games transformed by pandemic and drama
By David Dolan TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will douse its more than year-old Olympic flame on Sunday, closing out a Tokyo Games that were upended by the pandemic and transformed by the drama of politics, ...
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Australia’s Victoria reports 11 COVID-19 cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state Victoria reported 11 new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Sunday, as the state remains under a seven-day strict lockdown imposed earli...
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German SPD has support to lead three-way coalition -INSA poll
BERLIN (Reuters) - Rising support has drawn Germany's Social Democrats level with the Greens and suggests their popular chancellor candidate could lead a three-way coalition government after a Sept. 2...
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Saudi Arabia to reopen Umrah pilgrimage to abroad pilgrims starting Aug 9 -SPA
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it would gradually receive Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad starting Aug. 9, with a capacity that would go from 60,000 pilgrims to 2 million pilg...
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Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram militants kidnapped her and more than 200 of...
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Hezbollah chief Nasrallah says Beirut port explosion investigator biased
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese group Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on Saturday that the investigator of the Beirut port blast was politically biased. On Thursday, Beirut marked the...
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