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Olympics: Soccer – Brazil’s Marta scores in fifth Games running, Britain beat Chile
TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil's Marta became the first woman footballer to score in five consecutive Olympic Games when she netted twice in Wednesday's 5-0 thrashing of China at the Miyagi Stadium in Rifu....
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Tokyo Olympics president says organisers ready to respond to natural disasters
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics organisers are ready to respond to any natural disasters such as earthquakes to tsunamis in coordination with the government, organising committee president Seiko ...
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Bank buffers not working as intended in crisis, says BoE’s Saporta
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks felt a stigma about dipping into their capital buffers to keep on lending during last year's coronavirus-related market turmoil and lessons need to be learned, th...
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Stora Enso sees packaging demand staying strong beyond pandemic
By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish forestry firm Stora Enso on Wednesday reported stronger than expected second-quarter core earnings and revenue as higher prices helped to drive strong profit...
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Swiss hiker defies Parkinson’s, plans new challenge
By Cecile Mantovani NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss man with Parkinson's who hiked more than 1,100 km across the Alps to raise awareness of the debilitating neurological disease is gearing up fo...
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Altice’s ad tech firm Teads targets $5 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Advertising technology company Teads, owned by French telecom company Altice, said on Wednesday it aims to raise up to $808.5 million through an initial public offering on the Nasdaq at a ...
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Health insurer Anthem raises 2021 profit forecast after strong second quarter
(Reuters) -Health insurer Anthem Inc on Wednesday marginally raised its profit target for 2021 and posted a 15.7% jump in second-quarter sales partly on higher revenue at its unit that includes its ph...
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Olympics-Surfing-American surfer shows off her Japanese in thanks
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - Surfing gold medal hopeful Carissa Moore delighted locals in a small surfing town southwest of Tokyo on Wednesday when she gave a speech in Japanese to thank them for ho...
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Harley profit beats as turnaround plan shows signs of progress
(Reuters) -U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, as it benefited from its focus on selling high-margin touring and cruiser bikes unde...
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UPDATE: Homicide victim identified as 19-year-old
UPDATE 2:15 P.M. — Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the man who was killed Tuesday night as 19-year-old De’Monyae Zaire Phelps, of Peoria. Phelps suffered multiple gunsho...
Julia Bradley Jul 21, 2021
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