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After 100 years remembering, last survivors mark race massacre in Tulsa
By Makini Brice TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, can still remember a house engulfed in flames and the bodies stacked in truckbeds, one hundred years later. "I was quite a lit...
May 31, 2021
Israel’s politics: what just happened, and what’s next?
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two rivals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a partnership on Sunday that could remove Israel's longest-serving leader. Here is a timeline of event...
May 31, 2021
Netanyahu’s disparate rivals try to nail down pact to unseat him
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals on Monday sought to finalise a unity coalition that would unseat the veteran leader, as political commentators ...
May 31, 2021
Reactions to China’s new three-child policy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China announced on Monday that couples would be allowed to have up to three children, up from the current limit of two, in a bid to reverse a rapid decline in new births. Following...
May 31, 2021
Egypt’s intelligence chief holds truce talks with Hamas in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt's intelligence chief met Hamas leaders in Gaza on Monday in an effort to bolster a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel and to discus...
May 31, 2021
WHO agrees to study major reforms, meet again on pandemic treaty
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization, battling to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, agreed on Monday to study recommendations for ambitious reforms made by indepe...
May 31, 2021
Nestle, under fire over unhealthy products, working on new strategy
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle said on Monday it was working on updating its nutrition and health strategy after the Financial Times reported an internal document at the food giant described a large portio...
May 31, 2021
China, Taiwan spar again over vaccines, accuse each other of politicking
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China and Taiwan traded more accusations on Monday about COVID-19 vaccines, with Beijing saying they should not be a political tool while Taiwan's ruling party said China wa...
May 31, 2021
Olympics-Transgender weightlifter Hubbard’s presence in Tokyo unfair: rival
(Reuters) - Belgian weightlifter Anna Vanbellinghen said allowing transgender New Zealand athlete Laurel Hubbard to compete in the women's event at the Tokyo Olympics is unfair and that the situation ...
May 31, 2021
Swiss watchdog FINMA requires banks, insurers to disclose climate risks
ZURICH (Reuters) - Large Swiss banks and insurance companies will be required to provide qualitative and quantitative information about risks they face from climate change, Swiss financial watchdog FI...
May 31, 2021
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