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Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot reports two new local cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's second most populous state Victoria on Sunday reported two new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, raising questions over how long a hard lockdown due to end on June 10 ...
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Horse racing-Essential Quality wins Belmont Stakes
(Reuters) - Essential Quality atoned for Kentucky disappointment out-duelling Hot Rod Charlie down the home stretch to win the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, New York, on Saturday. The favourite to win May...
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Mexico’s coronavirus death toll rises to 228,754
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico reported 2,649 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 186 additional fatalities on Saturday, bringing total cases to 2,432,280 and the death toll to 228,754, ...
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Golf-Rahm forced out of Memorial after positive COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - Jon Rahm was forced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament that he was leading by six strokes on Saturday after the Spaniard tested positive for COVID-19, the PGA Tour said. The 26-year-...
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Fire at Iran steel plant after blast, no casualties reported -reports
DUBAI (Reuters) - A fire broke out after an explosion at a steel plant in southeastern Iran, but an official said the blaze was brought under control and there was no immediate report of casualties, s...
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Tennis-Federer slogs past Koepfer in late night battle
PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer reached the last 16 of the French Open but needed all of his fighting qualities to scrap his way past Germany's Dominik Koepfer on an empty and eerie Court Philippe Cha...
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Ipsos poll shows tie on eve of Peru’s election, with Fujimori slightly ahead
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - An Ipsos poll on Saturday afternoon showed Peru's runoff presidential election still locked in a statistical tie, but right-wing candidate ...
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El Salvador’s president says will send bill to make bitcoin legal tender
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday that he will send to Congress a bill next week to make bitcoin legal tender in the country. "In the short term this will g...
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French economy to return to pre-COVID levels by Q1 2022, Le Maire says -JDD
PARIS (Reuters) - France's economy will return to pre-COVID 19 levels by the first quarter of 2022, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told weekly JDD, as a return of spending and investments lay the gro...
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Tennis-Tsitsipas faces test of clay credentials against Carreno Busta
(Reuters) - Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas moved a step closer in his quest to win his maiden Grand Slam as he entered the second week of the French Open, but he must first find a way past clayco...
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