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Olympics-Australia’s softball squad set to arrive in Japan Tuesday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia's softball squad is set to arrive in Japan on Tuesday for a pre-Olympic training camp, as the majority of the Japanese public is opposed to holding the huge international e...
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Tennis-Serena survives scare in French Open’s first night match
LONDON (Reuters) - American Serena Williams survived a scare in the first ever night session match at the French Open as she edged out Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6(6) 6-2 in the first round on Mond...
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Leading Cuban dissident discharged from hospital after 4 weeks
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Leading Cuban dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara was discharged from hospital on Monday, four weeks after authorities ended his hunger and thirst strike and admitt...
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Chilean health regulator approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's public health regulator has approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers, it said in a statement on Monday. The Pfizer-BioNTech CO...
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Long lines and confusion as Venezuela begins COVID-19 vaccination
CARACAS (Reuters) - Hundreds of senior citizens and health workers stood in long lines on Monday to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as part of Venezuela's inoculation campaign, which has been h...
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Tennis-Navratilova sad for Osaka, says mental health gets short shrift
PARIS (Reuters) - Women's tennis great Martina Navratilova on Monday said she was saddened by Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open following the controversy over her decision to boy...
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State COVID roundup 5/31: Just 521 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported just 521 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 33 additional deaths. It’s the lowest number of CO...
Dalton Kemper May 31, 2021
Brazil to host Copa America as pandemic-hit Argentina withdraws
ASUNCION/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Copa America soccer tournament will take place in Brazil next month, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Monday, thanking President Jai...
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Rallying-Dakar greats Peterhansel and Sainz join electric Audi for 2022
(Reuters) - 'Mr Dakar' Stephane Peterhansel and triple champion Carlos Sainz have joined Audi's bid to win the 2022 edition of the endurance rally with an electric prototype, the Volkswagen-owned manu...
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Tennis-Medvedev gets monkey off his back with first French Open win
PARIS (Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev's first-ever victory at the French Open on Monday has banished any doubts the second seed may have had about his chances at the claycourt Grand Slam, filling him with...
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