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Rising Delta virus, absent Brits dampen Europe’s tourism hopes
July 1, 2021
Rising Delta virus, absent Brits dampen Europe’s tourism hopes
LISBON/LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – While not a complete wash-out, the summer tourism season vital to southern Europe’s economies will…
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
July 1, 2021
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sex conviction overturned
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in…
Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary
July 1, 2021
Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary
China’s rise is a “historical inevitability” and it will no longer be “bullied, oppressed or subjugated” by foreign countries, its…
Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment
July 1, 2021
Trump Organization CFO expected in court after indictment
New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment Thursday in a two-year investigation into Donald Trump’s business…
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
June 30, 2021
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, people ‘falling like leaves’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents…
Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’
June 30, 2021
Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that an incident involving a British destroyer in the Black Sea…
North Korea’s Kim says ‘great crisis’ caused by pandemic lapse
June 30, 2021
North Korea’s Kim says ‘great crisis’ caused by pandemic lapse
SEOUL, June 30 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the failure to implement measures to tackle the…
Support for Biden erodes among Democrats as US looks past pandemic
June 30, 2021
Support for Biden erodes among Democrats as US looks past pandemic
NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden has seen an erosion in support since April, mainly from…
Widower seeking new start in Florida is missing in collapse
June 30, 2021
Widower seeking new start in Florida is missing in collapse
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — On a recent morning before communal prayers at a synagogue, Harry Rosenberg told a friend that…
Virus infections surging in Africa’s vulnerable rural areas
June 30, 2021
Virus infections surging in Africa’s vulnerable rural areas
ZVIMBA, Zimbabwe (AP) — For Pelagia Bvukura, who lives in a rural part of north-central Zimbabwe, COVID-19 had always been…