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Olympics-Swimming-Milak of Hungary wins men’s 200m butterfly gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kristof Milak of Hungary won the gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. Tomoru Honda of Japan won the silver and Federico Burdisso of Italy took t...
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Olympics-Rowing-Britain’s golden run in men’s four ends, Australia triumphs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia won the men's four in an Olympic best 5:42.76 on Wednesday at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway, as Britain's epic run in the event came to a crashing halt, and Australia won the...
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Olympics-Swimming-Titmus of Australia wins women’s 200m freestyle gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Ariarne Titmus of Australia won the gold medal in the women's 200m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong won the silver and Penny Oleksiak of Can...
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Olympics-Hockey-Spain’s women’s coach Lock confined to hotel after positive COVID test
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Spain's women's hockey coach Adrian Lock was expecting to be bawling out instructions at his players from the sidelines at the Tokyo Olympics but has instead been ...
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Australian CPI spikes in second quarter, but core inflation tame
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer prices rose at the fastest annual pace in almost 13 years last quarter as petrol jumped and government subsidies unwound, but a far tamer reading for core infla...
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Olympics-Biles spotlights mental health, Tokyo COVID cases hang over Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles' abrupt exit from the U.S. team event and uncertainty over the gymnast's remaining time at the Games put the mental health of athletes under the spotlight on Wednesday a...
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California expands state healthcare to undocumented residents 50 and up
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's governor on Tuesday signed into law a major expansion of the state's Medicaid coverage to all low-income residents aged 50 and up regardless of the...
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Spark Infra to open books to KKR consortium after sweetened $3.8 billion bid
(Reuters) -Spark Infrastructure on Wednesday agreed to open its books to a consortium that includes private equity giant KKR & Co Inc after the group tabled a third buyout offer, valuing the Australia...
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China jitters lift haven currencies; dollar awaits Fed
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was pinned below recent highs on Wednesday by a decline in real yields and by trepidation ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting, while other safe-haven c...
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Olympics-Athletics-Seeing’s not believing – how doping has tainted athletics
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - There are a few worthy contenders for the "dirtiest race in history" title but the 2012 Olympic women's 1,500 metres probably takes the gold medal for not only the ...
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