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Olympics-Athletics-Pole vaulters Kendricks, Chiaraviglio hit by COVID, sending chill through Games
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Pole vaulters Sam Kendricks of the United States and German Chiaraviglio of Argentina have been ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, rattl...
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Azerbaijan, Armenia accuse each other of ceasefire violations
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Thursday of flouting a Russian-backed ceasefire that both sides had accepted the previous day to halt deadly border clashes. Armenia's d...
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Chinese yuan bears return after regulatory crackdown on private sector: Reuters poll
By Anushka Trivedi (Reuters) - Investors turned bearish on the yuan for the first time since April as China's regulatory crackdown on private sector firms sent jitters through markets, while sentiment...
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Myanmar jail vaccinates hundreds amid surge in COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - Myanmar's main prison vaccinated more than 600 inmates against COVID-19 on the first day of a drive to inoculate inmates, state media reported on Thursday, as military authorities struggle...
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Marketmind: A step closer to Fed taper, quelle surprise!
A look at the day ahead from Danilo Masoni. The main reveal from the Fed's statement was that it was inching closer to a policy normalisation announcement and that came as no surprise to anyone. Dovis...
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Panasonic’s Q1 profit surges 27 times on robust demand for appliances, batteries
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp said first-quarter operating profit surged more than 27 times, handily beating expectations as demand for home appliances and automotive batteries recovered from a par...
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Olympics-Gymnastics-‘Heir is born’: Japan hails new young champion
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - With banner headlines and explosions of confetti on the internet, a Japan saddened last weekend by the abrupt end of one gymnastic king's storied Olympic career hailed...
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TotalEnergies, Amazon form partnership on electricity supply and online strategy
PARIS (Reuters) - TotalEnergies and Internet giant Amazon announced a collaboration, whereby French energy company would supply renewable electricity to the U.S. online retail giant, while Amazon woul...
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Olympics-Climbing-Mawem brothers shoot for the moon in Tokyo
By Lucien Libert and Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Bassa Mawem was a 15-year-old living in the Alsace region of northeast France when one day a friend invited him to check out the climbing wall at ...
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Olympics-Swimming-In his ‘last dance’ at the Games, Cseh will finally catch Phelps
By Simon Evans and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Hungarian Laszlo Cseh spent his entire career chasing Michael Phelps but on Friday he will bow out of the Olympics by at least matching the America...
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