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Pakistan’s largest city to undergo partial lockdown to curb virus spread
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, is to undergo a week-long partial lockdown starting Saturday to curb the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant, as the city's hospital...
Jul 30, 2021
COVID-19 Delta variant gains prevalence in Italy – health institute
MILAN (Reuters) -The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has gained dominance in Italy, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Friday, releasing data showing it accounted for 94.8%...
Jul 30, 2021
Landslide in India’s Himachal kills seven as rains wreak havoc
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed in a landslide in India's northern Himachal Pradesh state, officials said on Thursday, adding to a growing death toll from heavy monsoon rains i...
Jul 30, 2021
‘This is like a nightmare’: Thousands displaced as floods hit Bangladesh Rohingya camps
By Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugees camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, U.N. and other offic...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-IOC chief Bach admires courageous Biles
By Ossian Shine TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles's bravery in confronting mental health challenges head on is admirable, IOC president Thomas Bach told a small group of reporters at the Tokyo Olympics o...
Jul 30, 2021
Bullard: Fed should taper this fall, go “fairly rapidly” to end early 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should start reducing its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases this fall and cut them "fairly rapidly" so the program ends in the first months of 2022 and ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Table Tennis-China’s Ma wins men’s singles gold
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Ma Long defeated compatriot Fan Zhendong 4-2 to win men's singles table tennis gold on Friday. The bronze medal went to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov. (Repor...
Jul 30, 2021
COVID vaccine protection highly likely to wane over time – UK advisers say
LONDON (Reuters) - The protection that vaccines give against coronavirus infection, and potentially severe disease, is highly likely to wane over time so vaccine campaigns will continue for years to c...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Shock 10,000m winner, DQ for U.S. in mixed relay on opening night
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympic athletics programme opened with a huge surprise and a shock disqualification on Friday as Ethiopian youngster Selemon Barega claimed a stunning 10,000 m...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. equity funds see big inflows on earnings optimism – Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds saw strong inflows in the week to July 28, bolstered by optimism over earnings and hopes for a faster economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. equity funds attr...
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