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S.African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said...
Jun 20, 2021
White House says Biden to meet with Afghanistan’s Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet at the White House with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliatio...
Jun 20, 2021
Three students dead after Nigeria school kidnapping, says principal
By Garba Muhammad and Libby George KADUNA (Reuters) - Three children have died following a school kidnapping of 94 students and eight staff in northwest Nigeria this week, the establishment's principa...
Jun 20, 2021
String of shootings in Mexico border city kill 18 people
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Attacks by armed gunmen firing from cars in several neighborhoods of the northern Mexico city of Reynosa killed 18 people, state security forces said on Sunday. The multiple sh...
Jun 20, 2021
Lebanon’s crisis caused by feud over power, says EU envoy
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief said on Sunday a fight among Lebanese leaders to secure power is at the heart of its government crisis and he urged them t...
Jun 20, 2021
Tennis-Humbert stuns Rublev to claim Halle title
(Reuters) - France's Ugo Humbert pulled off a surprise 6-3 7-6(4) win over world number seven Andrey Rublev to claim his maiden ATP 500 title on the Halle grasscourts on Sunday. Humbert stepped up his...
Jun 20, 2021
Dozens of migrants rescued off Spain’s Gran Canaria
GRAN CANARIA (Reuters) - Spain's coast guard rescued 45 migrants off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday including 24 women and eight children. The migrants, from sub-Saharan Africa, were spotted in a...
Jun 20, 2021
Iran nuclear deal still possible after hardliner’s election, EU says
By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran and world powers can still clinch a deal to revive their 2015 nuclear accord after the election victory of a hardline Iranian president but time is running out...
Jun 20, 2021
U.S. says disagreements on key issues remain in Iran nuclear talks
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are still disagreements on key issues between Iran and the world powers in talks to revive their 2015 nuclear deal, U.S. national security adviser Jake Su...
Jun 20, 2021
ECB has made ‘good progress’ on new strategy, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers meeting this weekend made "good progress" in reshaping the ECB's strategy, including its inflation goal and the role it plays in fighting clima...
Jun 20, 2021
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