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Coco Gauff, Tommy Paul lead U.S. teams for Tokyo Olympics
Coco Gauff and Tommy Paul lead the U.S. men's and women's tennis teams announced Thursday for the Tokyo Olympics. At 17, Gauff will become the youngest American tennis player to compete at the Summer ...
Jul 01, 2021
Mexico’s factories contract at slowest pace since COVID hit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's factories deteriorated for a 16th straight month in June amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and local restrictions, though the pace of contraction was the slowest since ...
Jul 01, 2021
Brazil eyes immediate, bolder corporate profit tax cut of 10 percentage points
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is weighing an immediate cut in taxes on company profits by 5 percentage points, and may double that to a 10-percentage-point reduction, Econ...
Jul 01, 2021
Britain’s COVID-19 cases up 72% in past week
(Corrects to show cases at highest since Jan. 29 not Jan. 25) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 27,989 new cases of COVID-19, government data showed on Thursday, the highest number since Jan. 29 and...
Jul 01, 2021
Higher formaldehyde levels found along Houston Ship Channel -report
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - High levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been detected in air monitors in Houston neighborhoods near the busiest U.S. petrochemical port, according to a report i...
Jul 01, 2021
Fendi teams up with Thelios as LVMH focuses on eyewear
ROME (Reuters) - Fendi, part of France's LVMH, said on Thursday it had struck a partnership deal with spectacle maker Thelios to create, produce and distribute the Italian fashion house's eyewear coll...
Jul 01, 2021
Ex-Florida State WR Tamorrion Terry faces murder charge
Former Florida State wide receiver and NFL hopeful Tamorrion Terry is one of 11 people facing murder charges in connection to the 2018 death of a 21-year-old woman. The Miami Herald, citing court reco...
Jul 01, 2021
Factbox: EU digital COVID certificate, the key to summer travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union launched on Thursday it digital COVID certificate system designed to help citizens travel more freely across the 27-nation bloc and open up summer tourism. WHAT...
Jul 01, 2021
U.S. House approves $715 billion infrastructure bill
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a $715 billion surface transportation and water infrastructure bill on Thursday in what Democrat...
Jul 01, 2021
Soccer-Spanish court rules against UEFA in case over European Super League
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Thursday ordered European soccer's governing body UEFA to cancel all legal sanctions imposed on Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for planning the creation of t...
Jul 01, 2021
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