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Foxconn founder asks Taiwan to allow vaccine talks with Chinese firm
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Taiwan's Foxconn, asked for government permission on Friday to negotiate with a Chinese company for the purchase of BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccin...
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Swiss verdict due in Liberia war crimes trial for rape, cannibalism
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss court will rule on Friday whether a Liberian rebel commander committed rape, killings and an act of cannibalism in one of the only civil war-era cases from the...
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Largest Boeing 737 MAX model set for maiden flight -source
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co was readying the largest member of its 737 MAX family for its maiden flight on Friday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the planemaker tries ...
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Taiwan says 240,000 COVID-19 Moderna doses to arrive on Friday
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A further 240,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Moderna Inc will arrive in Taiwan on Friday afternoon, Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Tsung-yen said, boosting the island's slow v...
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Golf-Wolff talks of mental health struggles on return from break
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Nine months after finishing runner-up at the U.S. Open, Matthew Wolff returned in style from a mental health break, shooting one-under-par 70 in the openin...
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Two Yemeni men held at Guantanamo approved for transfer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Yemeni men held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba since 2004 have been cleared for transfer to another country, a U.S. review board determined last week, bringin...
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Nicaragua issues arrest warrant for brother of writer Gioconda Belli
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Police in Nicaragua issued an arrest warrant for former Education Minister Humberto Belli, the brother of Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli, the ministry responsible for security sa...
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HK pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily increases production after police raid
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily increased its Friday press run after 500 police officers raided its newsroom the previous day and seized reporting materials as part o...
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Tokyo 2020 organisers to discuss expert’s report suggesting no spectators
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have received a report from the government's coronavirus adviser Shigeru Omi on how to host the Games during a pandemic, Tokyo 2020 President Seik...
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Bank of England to look through temporary inflation rise: Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation can rise above 3% before the Bank of England feels discomfort, according to a Reuters poll of economists who also said the economy would expand f...
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