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Illinois Democrats roll out new legislative maps
PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois’ new legislative maps are out. And, for the first time, the maps have been drawn up by state politicians without the use of data from the U.S. Census. Republican St...
May 28, 2021
Tennis-Serial French Open loser Medvedev looking to finally clear first hurdle
PARIS (Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev has never won a match at the French Open, yet the Russian is feeling confident ahead of the claycourt Grand Slam, which starts on Sunday. Medvedev lo...
May 28, 2021
Belarus opens criminal case against Latvian officials over ice hockey flag swap -Belta
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus has opened a criminal case against Latvian Foreign Minister Edgards Rinkevics and Riga Mayor Martins Stakis after the Belarusian state flag was replaced with a historical Be...
May 28, 2021
Back from the brink: Iberian lynx population rises to over 1,000
MADRID (Reuters) - The Iberian lynx population in Portugal and Spain rose above 1,000 last year after 414 cubs were born under a joint breeding programme, in a major leap towards conserving the endang...
May 28, 2021
Soccer-Juventus sack Pirlo after one season, rehire Allegri
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Juventus have sacked coach Andrea Pirlo after one season and replaced him with Massimiliano Allegri, who returns to Turin for a second spell in charge at the club, the Serie A...
May 28, 2021
U.S. Senate slow to act on probe into deadly Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday were expected to block the creation of a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's su...
May 28, 2021
IATA chief pours cold water on Airbus jet output increase
By Tim Hepher, Sarah Young and Laurence Frost PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -The airline industry's most senior representative on Friday cast doubt on plans by Europe's Airbus for sharp increases in jetliner...
May 28, 2021
Mike Tyson says psychedelics saved his life, now he hopes they can change the world
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - During his reign as heavyweight champion of the world, no one was more feared than Mike Tyson, who obliterated opponents with ruthless efficiency. But all the w...
May 28, 2021
Australia says Yang Hengjun under ‘arbitrary detention’ in China after espionage verdict postponed
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - China's trial of Australian blogger Yang Hengjun on unspecified espionage charges has ended and the Beijing court deferred its verdict, Australian Foreign Minister...
May 28, 2021
COVID-19 kills 32 members of Congo’s parliament
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Thirty-two members of parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or about 5% of the total, have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the vice president of the ...
May 28, 2021
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