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South Africa hits a new record with 26,000 daily COVID-19 cases
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa hit a record of 26,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, its second record-breaking tally in as many days, as a rampant third wave of infections coursed through a...
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Tennis-Lone warrior Raducanu flies the flag for Britain
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - When Emma Raducanu was handed a last-minute wildcard into Wimbledon's main draw she was at the bottom of the pile when it came to the 15 British players who had mad...
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Palestinian killed in W.Bank clash, retaliatory Israeli strikes in Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Saturday that its aircraft launched retaliatory air strikes in the Gaza Strip and that its troops in the occupied West Bank shot a suspected Palestinian...
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Madrid’s gay pride returns after COVID cancellation
MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of people danced, beat drums and waved flags through the streets of Madrid on Saturday as the Spanish capital's gay pride parade returned after being canceled in 2020 beca...
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Egypt’s Sisi opens naval base close to border with Libya
By Aidan Lewis RAS GARGOUB, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated a naval base on Saturday 135 km from the border with Libya, flanked by close ally Abu Dhabi Crown Prin...
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Tennis-Medvedev claws back two-set deficit to beat Cilic
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Second seed Daniil Medvedev overturned a two-set deficit for the first time in his career to grind down former runner-up Marin Cilic in a bruising third-round clash...
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Tennis-Barty sees off Siniakova challenge to reach fourth round
LONDON (Reuters) - Top seed Ash Barty beat Czech Katerina Siniakova at Wimbledon on Saturday having fended off an opponent who would have fancied her chances after dropping serve just once in the last...
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Biden says uncertain who is behind latest ransomware attack
CENTRAL LAKE, Mich. (Reuters) - The U.S. government's "initial thinking" is that Russian hackers were not behind a sophisticated ransomware attack that hit hundreds of American businesses, President J...
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Azerbaijan hands over 15 Armenian prisoners in return for minefield maps
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan handed over 15 prisoners of Armenian origin to Armenia on Saturday in return for maps detailing the locations of 92,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, Azerbaijan's for...
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Cycling-Pogacar destroys rivals with two weeks left on the Tour de France
By Julien Pretot LE GRAND BORNAND, France (Reuters) -Defending champion Tadej Pogacar put the hammer down on the Tour de France on Saturday as he claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey with a vint...
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