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UK health minister sparks fury by urging people not to ‘cower from’ COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Sajid Javid was accused of insulting coronavirus victims on Sunday after urging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine and "learn to live with, rather than cower ...
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Olympics-Cycling-Hundreds defy scorching heat to grab ‘last’ glimpse of Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents braved Japan's scorching summer heat to gather along the streets of the Olympic women's cycling road in Fuchu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday, resisting c...
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Olympics-Golf-World number one Rahm positive for COVID-19, out of Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one golfer Jon Rahm has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the International Golf Federation said on Sunday. The Spaniard had tes...
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Canadian union Unifor starts strike at Rio Tinto operations
(Reuters) - Canadian union Unifor said on Sunday about 900 workers had started strike action at global miner Rio Tinto's operations in the western Canadian province of British Columbia. Unifor issued ...
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Olympics-Cycling-Austrian Kiesenhofer stuns Dutch to win road gold
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer caused one of the biggest shocks in Olympic road racing history with an audacious victory in the women's race as the Dutch favourites paid ...
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Tokyo daily Covid-19 cases total 1,763 on Sunday
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 1,763 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the third day since the Olympic Games began in the Japanese capital. Infections have been on the rise in re...
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Malaysia’s total coronavirus infections rise above 1 million
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's total coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic surpasssed 1 million on Sunday after the country's health ministry reported a record 17,045 new coronavirus ...
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Olympics-Archery-South Korea women win ninth straight team gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea won a ninth consecutive gold medal in the women's team archery event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. The Russian Olympic Committee team won silver and Germany claimed br...
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Olympics-Swimming-Australia take third straight 4x100m freestyle relay gold
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia won the 4x100 women's freestyle relay Olympic gold for the third time in a row, beating their own world record by three seconds and helping take the stin...
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Olympics-Weightlifting-Madagascar’s Andriantsitohaina brothers achieve Tokyo dream
By Ece Toksabay and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - Andriantsitohaina brothers Eric and Tojonirina realised the first of their weightlifting dreams by competing together at the Tokyo Games and say they...
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