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Progress on COVID and economy under Biden, but disunion haunts U.S. on its 245th birthday
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) - Most U.S. adults are vaccinated but COVID-19 cases are rising. The economy is accelerating but inflation looms. Bipartisan cooperation has improved but political rancor is hi...
Jul 03, 2021
S.Africa court agrees to hear Zuma’s challenge to jail term
By Siyabonga Sishi NKANDLA, South Africa (Reuters) -A South African court on Saturday agreed to hear ex-president Jacob Zuma's challenge to a 15-month jail term for failing to attend a corruption hear...
Jul 03, 2021
‘What was the point?’ Afghans rue decades of war as U.S. quits Bagram
KABUL (Reuters) - As American troops left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in U.S. history, locals living in the shadow of the base and in n...
Jul 03, 2021
Cyber attack against U.S. IT provider forces Swedish chain to close 800 stores
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish Coop grocery store chain closed all its 800 stores on Saturday after a ransomware attack on an American IT provider left it unable to operate its cash registers. Hund...
Jul 03, 2021
South African court agrees to hear Zuma challenge to jail term – report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's highest court has agreed to hear former president Jacob Zuma's challenge against the 15-month jail term it gave him for failing to attend a corruption hearing, ...
Jul 03, 2021
Balkan green activists join forces in fight to save rivers
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Activists from more than 20 environmental organisations in the Balkans joined forces in Bosnia's capital on Saturday to campaign against hydroelectric dams in ...
Jul 03, 2021
Thousands protest in Burkina Faso over jihadist attacks
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks that has destabilise...
Jul 03, 2021
Two more people found dead in Miami building collapse
By Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - Two more people were found dead on Saturday in the Miami building collapse, officials said, bringing the total to 24 deceased and 124 unaccounted for, ...
Jul 03, 2021
Motor racing-Hamilton predicts ‘easy cruise’ win for Verstappen
(Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton sounded resigned to falling further behind in the Formula One title race after qualifying only fourth on Saturday for the Austrian Grand Prix with Red Bull rival Max Verstap...
Jul 03, 2021
Tennis-Ostapenko loses to Tomljanovic after ‘liar’ row
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -In-form Jelena Ostapenko's Wimbledon hopes were dashed in a stormy defeat by Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round on Saturday, with the players exchanging...
Jul 03, 2021
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