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Olympics-Triathlon-With only one Brownlee to beat, Tokyo field can dream of gold
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Alistair Brownlee was hot favourite at the last two Olympics and duly delivered gold and his absence from Tokyo means a good half of the field, including ...
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Olympics-Skateboarding-Skaters debut at inaugural Olympics, fans hope for acceptance
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Skateboarding made its historic debut on the Olympic stage early Sunday, with men's street heats kicking off the sport's four-day competition under Tokyo's blazing sun....
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Olympics-Surfing-Surfers ride wave of emotion to make Olympic history
TOKYO (Reuters) - Four of the world's top male surfers made history on Sunday morning as their sport made its long-awaited Olympic debut at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, with Brazil's Italo Ferreira ...
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UK will be exposed to paying pandemic cost risks for decades-report
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will be exposed to financial risks from its 372 billion pound pandemic spending for decades, according to lawmakers' reports on Sunday that also said more tha...
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Robinhood CEO says he is considering offering U.S. retirement accounts
By Echo Wang and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc is considering launching U.S. retirement accounts, CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev said on Saturday in a webcast with users of its trading a...
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Tokyo Olympics opening drew 16.7 million TV viewers – NBCUniversal
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - NBC's TV broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest audience since at least 1988, according to preliminary data provided ...
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Two Turkish soldiers killed in attack in northern Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey's d...
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So-called smoke shade from other wildfires helps crews fight biggest U.S. blaze
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Scores of wildfires raging across the Western United States' forest and scrub have belched so much smoke that it is helping an army of firefighters gain ground on the nation'...
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U.S. hits one of two targets in missile defense test – agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States intercepted one of two targets in a missile defense test conducted over the ocean northwest of Hawaii on Saturday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in a ne...
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Brazilians take to streets again to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment
By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets in several Brazilian cities on Saturday to demand the impeachment of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose popularity has ...
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