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Olympics-Australian baseballers give up on Olympic bid due to COVID
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has pulled out of the final baseball qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics due to "insurmountable" challenges amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's nati...
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Las Vegas Sands faces $12 billion claim in Macau court
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands is facing a $12 billion lawsuit from a former partner in a Macau court, in a case set to shine a light over how coveted casino l...
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In vigil remembering Canadian Muslim family, a vow that ‘this is our city’
By Carlos Osorio LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined several thousand mourners in a vigil Tuesday evening to remember three generations of a Canadian Muslim family killed ...
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China reports 16 new coronavirus cases on June 8
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 16 new coronavirus cases on the mainland for June 8, down from 33 cases a day earlier, the health authority said in a statement on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 8 we...
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U.S. Senate passes bill to raise fees on biggest mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would increase fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and give those agencies bigger...
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Former Virginia Gov McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for second term -media
(Reuters) - Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe won the Democratic nomination for the state's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, major news organizations forecast, securing his spot in a race tha...
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UK pushes for City of London to be exempt from G7 global tax plan – FT
(Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for the City of London to be exempt from a new global minimum corporation tax system championed by the Group of Seven (G7) economies, the Fi...
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Brazil to receive 3 million doses of J&J COVID vaccine – minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will receive a first batch of 3 million doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 in the next few days, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on T...
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China’s May new yuan loans seen falling as central bank scales back stimulus: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - New bank loans in China likely fell in May, a Reuters poll showed, as the central bank gradually scales back pandemic-driven stimulus to reduce debt and financial risks as the econ...
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Marqeta prices IPO above range, valuing it at $15 billion – source
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. payments startup Marqeta, which counts the likes of Uber and Stripe among existing backers, on Tuesday priced its initial public offering (IPO) well above the ta...
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