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Two athletes in Tokyo's Olympic Village have tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the Games, organizers confirmed on Sunday. The pair (listed as non-residents of Japan) will now isolate in a hotel room for 14 days. It takes the total…
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Phoenix Suns versus Milwaukee Bucks When the Milwaukee Bucks eliminated the Atlanta Hawks, it meant that they were on their way to the NBA Finals for the third time in franchise history. Interestingly, it is also the Phoenix Suns’ third…
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Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti, was assassinated overnight in his home. The interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph says he is now leading the country. The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, 53, was shot and killed in his private…
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CNN - Turkish police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that gathered for a Pride parade in central Istanbul on Saturday, detaining some of those seeking to take part in an event banned by local authorities.   Reuters TV video showed…
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BBC - The firm did not admit liability or wrongdoing in settling with the State. The payments remove it from a trial due to begin on Tuesday in which several large opioid makers and distributors are defendants. J&J said the…
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Al Jazeera - The Russian capital, Moscow, has recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and Indonesia has seen the highest number of cases in a day, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or re-imposed restrictions to…
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – She is one of Jamaica’s most decorated athletes. Veronica Campbell-Brown on Wednesday announced that she is hanging up her spikes after competing for over two decades at the international senior level. Campbell-Brown,…
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Itinerary for Pakistan Women’s series   The West Indies will clash with Pakistan in an eight-match white ball series here starting later this month, marking the women’s first home series since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  …
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Reuters - A $500 million US fund to compensate relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes has opened, the claim administrators told Reuters on Tuesday. The fund, which opened on Monday, is part of a settlement…
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CNN - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as his country battles one of Asia's worst outbreaks, with more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths. "You…
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