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Boko Haram cleric confirms Shekau’s death, urges fighters’ loyalty
MAIDUGURI/ABUJA (Reuters) - A senior cleric with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram confirmed the death of its leader and urged fighters to stay loyal in its fight against rival Islamic State militant...
Jun 18, 2021
California launches digital COVID-19 vaccine pass but won’t require it
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - California officials on Friday unveiled a website to access a digital copy of COVID-19 immunization records, though they stressed the U.S. state would not ma...
Jun 18, 2021
British Conservative lawmaker charged with sexual assault
LONDON (Reuters) - A lawmaker in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has been charged with sexual assault, prosecutors said on Friday, an allegation he denied. Imran Ahmad Khan, ...
Jun 18, 2021
Election in Armenia, meant to end political crisis, is too close to call
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia's political fate hangs in the balance ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday with opinion polls putting the party of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and that of f...
Jun 18, 2021
Soccer-Hazard, De Bruyne, Witsel to all start Belgium’s next Euro game
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Captain Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne and Axel Witsel will all start Belgium's next European Championship match against Finland in St Petersburg on Monday, coach Roberto Martinez s...
Jun 18, 2021
Fed’s Bullard looks to a bond-buying taper not on ‘automatic pilot’
(Reuters) - The coming reduction in the Federal Reserve's bond purchases may bear little resemblance to the "automatic pilot" tapering exercise the U.S. central bank conducted seven years ago, as offi...
Jun 18, 2021
Soccer-Eriksen discharged after successful operation for heart-starter implant
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen has been discharged from hospital following a successful operation, days after he collapsed on the pitch during Denmark's Euro 2020 opener, t...
Jun 18, 2021
Cycling-Ineos chief Brailsford promises attacking Tour after announcing line-up
LONDON (Reuters) - Ineos Grenadiers chief Dave Brailsford promised an aggressive strategy at the Tour de France after the British team named its line-up for the race on Friday. Last year's surprise Gi...
Jun 18, 2021
PayPal overhauls U.S. rates as payments competition heats up
By Anna Irrera and David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc will lift merchant costs for its branded payment products while cutting those for behind-the-scenes processing of some Visa and ...
Jun 18, 2021
U.N. chief urges General Assembly to act on Myanmar
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres pushed the 193-member General Assembly on Friday to tell Myanmar's military that democracy must be reinstated, political detainees ...
Jun 18, 2021
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