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Refillable revolution – UK supermarket Asda expands reuse scheme
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket group Asda is to extend its trial of a refill scheme that allows shoppers to replenish their own containers after sales of several products in an ...
Jun 15, 2021
Wide disagreements, low expectations as Biden, Putin meet
By Steve Holland and Vladimir Soldatkin GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide ...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. authorizes additional batch of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an additional batch of Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine doses manufactured at a troubled Baltimore facility. (Reporting by...
Jun 15, 2021
Boxing-Wilder and Fury trade barbs ahead of trilogy fight
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury vowed to run Deontay Wilder down while the challenger said blood will be shed as the fighters came face-to-face in an odd pr...
Jun 15, 2021
Car bomb explosion at Colombia military base injures 23- military sources
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - A car bomb explosion at a military base in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Tuesday injured 23 people, military sources said. The explosion took place at ...
Jun 15, 2021
Exclusive: PAI Partners close to acquiring France’s SGD Pharma – source
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - Private equity firm PAI Partners is close to acquiring SGD Pharma, a supplier of COVID-19 vaccine vials, from China Jianyin Investment (JIC), a source with direct...
Jun 15, 2021
Israeli military confirms Gaza air strikes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked Hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to the launching of incendiary ballons from the territory that ca...
Jun 15, 2021
U.S. speeds visas for vulnerable Afghans as pullout looms, but Congress wants more
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan in the coming weeks, the Biden administration says it is adding staff to hurry up the visa process...
Jun 15, 2021
Brazil to buy single-shot Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil plans to buy 60 million doses of the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's CanSino Biologics for delivery in the third and fourth quarters of this year, accordi...
Jun 15, 2021
Mexican state of Sinaloa approves same-sex marriage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the Mexican state of Sinaloa voted on Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage, joining more than half of all Mexican states in making the practice legal. Marriage eq...
Jun 15, 2021
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