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From Sick Boy to PM: Jonny Lee Miller joins ‘The Crown’ cast as Major
(Corrects name to Jonny from Johnny in headline and first paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) -Actor Jonny Lee Miller, known for playing drug addict Sick Boy in the 1996 film "Trainspotting", is joining the c...
Jun 25, 2021
Delta variant accounts for 16.8% of cases in Italy – national health institute
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's national health institute ISS said on Friday the Delta variant accounted for 16.8% of total COVID-19 cases in the country. Pending results of a more complete survey that will...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday bolstered a bid by small oil refineries to seek exemptions from a federal law requiring increasing levels of ethanol and other renewable fue...
Jun 25, 2021
Brazil tax reform to cut income tax for 30 million workers – Economy Minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Reform of the Brazilian tax system will reduce income tax for 30 million workers and exempt 16 million from paying any income tax at all, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Fri...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court limits damages in TransUnion ‘terrorist list’ lawsuit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday narrowed the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages after the credit ...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. equity funds receive biggest inflow in 14-weeks- Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds attracted massive inflows in the week to June 23, as investors bet on a faster economic recovery from the pandemic and shrugged off concerns the Federal Reserve might rai...
Jun 25, 2021
Peoria removing signs in public places
PEORIA, Ill. — Beginning Friday, June 25, the City of Peoria’s Public Works Department is cracking down on signs posted illegally in public places and right-of-ways. Thousands of signs are...
Jun 25, 2021
Gay nightclub Pulse to become U.S. memorial after 2016 mass shooting
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will designate the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a national memorial on Friday, honoring the site where a mass shooting kille...
Jun 25, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro denies irregularities in Bharat vaccine deal
BRASLIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there were no irregularities in the deal to buy a COVID-19 vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech. A Senate inquiry committee...
Jun 25, 2021
Tennis-‘One in 100’ Medvedev looking for grasscourt breakthrough
By Martyn Herman (Reuters) - Hardcourt specialist Daniil Medvedev likes to do things differently and so far it has been a good formula for the 25-year-old who will be seeded second at Wimbledon next w...
Jun 25, 2021
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