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Argentine golfer Cabrera extradited from Brazil over domestic violence allegations
By Ramiro and Scandolo BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera, a two-time winner of major tournaments, was extradited from Brazil on Tuesday to stand trial in his home country on char...
Jun 08, 2021
Group of UK lawmakers call for raising age of sale of cigarettes to 21 -Sky
(Reuters) - A group of British members of parliament has called on the UK government to consider raising the age of sale of cigarettes to 21 from 18 to end the "tobacco epidemic" by the end of the dec...
Jun 08, 2021
Yankees’ Gerrit Cole doesn’t deny using ‘Spider Tack’
New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole didn't deny using foreign substances on the baseball when asked directly about recent claims during a press conference on Tuesday. Minnesota Twins third basem...
Jun 08, 2021
Peoria Council member suggests mental facility project
PEORIA, Ill. — After the Peoria County Board announced last April it would be closing long-term care facility Heddington Oaks, November General Election voters gave approval to sell the property...
Jun 08, 2021
Japan weighs holding the Games with spectators – Asahi newspaper
TOKYO (Reuters) - More Japanese government officials and 2020 Tokyo Olympics organisers are leaning toward holding the Games with domestic spectators as COVID-19 vaccines are rolled, the Asahi newspap...
Jun 08, 2021
Olympics-Australian baseballers give up on Olympic bid due to COVID
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia has pulled out of the final baseball qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics due to "insurmountable" challenges amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's nati...
Jun 08, 2021
Las Vegas Sands faces $12 billion claim in Macau court
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. casino giant Las Vegas Sands is facing a $12 billion lawsuit from a former partner in a Macau court, in a case set to shine a light over how coveted casino l...
Jun 08, 2021
In vigil remembering Canadian Muslim family, a vow that ‘this is our city’
By Carlos Osorio LONDON, Ontario (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined several thousand mourners in a vigil Tuesday evening to remember three generations of a Canadian Muslim family killed ...
Jun 08, 2021
China reports 16 new coronavirus cases on June 8
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 16 new coronavirus cases on the mainland for June 8, down from 33 cases a day earlier, the health authority said in a statement on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 8 we...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. Senate passes bill to raise fees on biggest mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would increase fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and give those agencies bigger...
Jun 08, 2021
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