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WHO says Brazil should reconsider Copa America host role if it can’t manage risks
GENEVA (Reuters) - Top World Health Organization emergencies official Mike Ryan, when asked about Brazil hosting the Copa America soccer tournament, said on Monday that he would advise any country und...
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Fleeing Texas inmates outsmarted jailers by placing dummies in bed
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Security at a federal prison camp in the Texas city of Beaumont was so lax that four inmates managed to escape by placing dummies in their beds or having other...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
WHO official says can’t force China to give more information on COVID-19 origins
GENEVA (Reuters) - A top World Health Organization official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on COVID-19's origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to t...
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Russian May inflation accelerates to 6.0%, above forecast
(Corrects month to May from June throughout) MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's annual consumer inflation accelerated to 6.0% in May, overshooting expectations and adding arguments for tighter monetary polic...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Fire at Indian chemical factory kills 18
(Refiles to say SVS Aqua Technologies in last paragraph) (Reuters) -Eighteen people were killed in a fire on Monday at a chemical factory in the western Indian city of Pune, police said. The police sa...
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DHL’s Italian subsidiary investigated for tax fraud
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian tax police have seized assets worth more than 20 million euros ($24 million) from the local unit of logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL as part of a fraud investigation, a judi...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Unions prolong layoff negotiations with Caixabank, call off strike
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish unions on Monday called off a one-day-strike that employees at Caixabank were planning to hold on Wednesday to protest against its plans for layoffs, union Comisiones Obrera...
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Indian court calls for sweeping reforms to respect LGBT rights
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - A court in India ordered state and federal officials on Monday to draw up plans for sweeping reforms to respect LGBT rights, in a ruling that went far beyond ...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Failure to launch: Spain’s grand reopening falls flat
MADRID (Reuters) - Tourism hotspot Spain's grand reopening to international travel got off to a slow start on Monday, with newly relaxed entry requirements failing to attract the desired wave of forei...
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WHO’s Tedros hopes African COVID vaccine sites to near production by end-2021
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday he hopes African COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing sites will be identified and some even close to producing by...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
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