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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A French citizen is among six people arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot to kill Madagascar's president, the Indian Ocean island's public security minister said. "One of...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy continued its strong recovery in July with IHS Markit's flash composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) hitting its highest level in nearly a quarter of a centur...

(Reuters) - Focus on table tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are five events - singles and team tournaments for both men and women and a new mixed doubles competition. * P...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom is happy with her last few weeks of preparation ahead of the Tokyo Games despite wishing she had a few more weeks of training,...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's vaccine rollout has begun to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday. "We are starting to see a slowdown of the rise (in cases...

(Reuters) - Five handball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: MIKKEL HANSEN (DENMARK) One of the stand-out players for the reigning Olympic champions, the 33-year-old left back is known fo...

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza lifted its 2021 outlook on Friday after sales for the first half of the year beat analyst expectations as it benefits from a booming bu...

PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity weakened by more than forecast in July compared to June, and fell to a three-month low as shortages of materials and transportation delays impacted firms, ac...

By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Three quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks were among vaccinated individuals, government data shows, as a rapid r...

By Antoni Slodkowski and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics opens on Friday with a ceremony reflecting a Games like no other, walking a fine line between celebrating the feats of the wor...