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El Salvador detects first case of COVID-19 Delta variant – health minister
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador has detected its first case of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Health Minister Francisco Alabi said on Saturday. (Reporting by Nelson Rente...
Jul 31, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 residential eviction ban set to expire at midnight
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pandemic-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions was set to expire at midnight Saturday, putting millions of American renters at risk of being...
Jul 31, 2021
In Turkey wildfire, birth of ‘Miracle’ goat defies deadly flames
By Mert Ozkan MANAVGAT, Turkey (Reuters) - When a wildfire spread to his village, Turkish farmer Sercan Bayat shouted at his cows to run from the flames and prayed for his own death rather than witnes...
Jul 31, 2021
Bombardier union workers ratify 3-year agreement to end strike at Toronto plant
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -The union workers at Bombardier Inc's Toronto business-jet assembly plant on Saturday ratified new, three-year collective bargaining agreements, officially ending a ...
Jul 31, 2021
Man found dead in South Peoria yard identified
UPDATE – PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified a man found dead in a South Peoria yard. Darius Dawson, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene outside a residence ...
Jul 31, 2021
Private equity firm CD&R readies Morrisons counter-bid – report
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is poised to start a bidding war for British supermarket chain Morrisons, the target of a 6.3 billion-pound ($8.8 billion) offer ...
Jul 31, 2021
U.S. lawmaker spends night outside Capitol to protest return of evictions
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Cori Bush, who was evicted three times and lived in her car with her two children before her career in politics, spent a sleepless night on...
Jul 31, 2021
Exclusive-Brazilian cement makers CSN, Apodi, Mizu, Votorantim, Intercement bid for LafargeHolcim assets -sources
By Tatiana Bautzer and Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cement makers CSN Cimentos, a subsidiary of steelmaker CSN SA; Cimentos Mizu; and Cimento Apodi, in which Titan Cement Internation...
Jul 31, 2021
Olympics-Baseball-U.S. pitcher woke to 2 a.m. call of trade to Twins
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Simeon Woods-Richardson, the youngest U.S. baseball player at the Tokyo Olympics, was woken up at 2 a.m. on Saturday by an unexpected phone call. On it, the ...
Jul 31, 2021
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts off party meeting amid crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) - The head of Tunisia's biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, on Saturday postponed a meeting of its highest council after senior members called for his resignation over his ha...
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