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Brazil has 52,911 coronavirus cases and 2,378 COVID deaths in 24 hours
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 52,911 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 2,378 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The South American cou...
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Palihapitiya’s $16 million bet on Clover worth $682 million on Reddit rally
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Serial dealmaker Chamath Palihapitiya's $16 million investment in the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that took Clover Health Investments Corp public was worth $6...
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Sudan ends subsidies for gasoline and diesel, raises prices
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan fully liberalized gasoline and diesel prices on Tuesday, according to a statement from the finance ministry that said previous prices would be canceled and gave new prices that...
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Flying off the shelves: Chocolate-covered cicadas a hit in Maryland
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - Some might cringe, but at one Maryland chocolate shop, 17-year-old insects are flying off the shelves. Sarah Dwyer, of Chouquette Chocolates in Bethseda, started coating cica...
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Athletics-Gidey breaks two-day-old 10,000m world record
(Reuters) - Two days after Sifan Hassan smashed the world 10,000 metres record in Hengelo, Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey - competing on the same track in the Dutch city - improved the mark by another fi...
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Tennis-Tsitsipas ends Medvedev run in Paris to book last four spot
PARIS (Reuters) -Fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat world number two Daniil Medvedev in straight sets on Tuesday to advance to the French Open semi-finals for the second straight year and end the Russ...
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Sinovac, Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccines prove highly effective in Uruguay – government
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Uruguay on Tuesday released real-world data on the impact of Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine among its population that showed it was over 90% effective in p...
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Wife of convicted Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to plead guilty -report
(Reuters) - Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is expected to plead guilty this week to federal charges of helping him run his cartel, the New Yor...
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U.S. says to work with allies to help Pacific islands amid China rivalry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. policy chief for the Indo-Pacific said on Tuesday the United States aims to work with Japan, New Zealand, Australia and others to assist island nations in the Pacific, ...
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Boeing lifts price tag for Air Force One contract -USAF official
(Reuters) - Boeing Co has told the Air Force the price of the next-generation presidential aircraft could go up, and asked for more time to deliver the flying White House citing difficulties with COVI...
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