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Tokyo 2020 bans alcoholic beverages at venues

Published On: June 23, 2021 09:24 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, June 23: Alcoholic beverages will be banned at the Olympics, Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said on Wednesday, adding that the decision was made in the interest of removing the public's concern over a "safe and secure" Games.

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Ukraine’s inseparable couple ditches the handcuffs and parts ways

Published On: June 22, 2021 02:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

After 123 days handcuffed together to save their on-again off-again relationship, Ukrainians Alexandr Kudlay and Viktoria Pustovitova have split up, shedding their bonds on national TV and saying the experiment had brought home uncomfortable truths.

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More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020: U.N.

Published On: June 22, 2021 07:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, June 22: More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.

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Despite divorce, Kim Kardashian says she is Kanye West's biggest fan

Published On: June 21, 2021 04:22 PM NPT By: Reuters

Kim Kardashian said her ex-husband Kanye West is like family, despite their divorce, adding in a television show to air on Thursday that she will always be his biggest fan.

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Britney Spears says she doesn't know whether she'll ever perform again

Published On: June 21, 2021 04:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

Britney Spears, who has not performed in public since late 2018 and is under a court-ordered conservatorship, made the statement in a video post on her Instagram page where she answered three questions that she said had been posed by her fans.

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Europeans, U.S. warn Iran nuclear talks won’t be open-ended

Published On: June 21, 2021 07:49 AM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, June 21: Western officials warned Tehran on Sunday that negotiations to revive its nuclear deal could not continue indefinitely, after the sides announced a break following the election of a new hardline president in Iran.

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Airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules

Published On: June 20, 2021 09:53 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, June 20: Britain’s airlines and holiday companies are planning a “day of action” on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on the government to ease travel restrictions, with just weeks to go before the start of the peak summer season.

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Brazil passes half a million COVID-19 deaths, experts warn of worse ahead

Published On: June 20, 2021 07:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

SAO PAULO, June 19: Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn that the world’s second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government’s refusal to back social distancing measures.

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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Guinea over

Published On: June 19, 2021 05:13 PM NPT By: Reuters

CONAKRY, June 19: An Ebola outbreak in Guinea that started in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.

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Early header secures 1-0 win for Argentina against Uruguay

Published On: June 19, 2021 12:53 PM NPT By: Reuters

BRASILIA, June 18: A first half goal from Guido Rodriguez, his first in 11 international appearances, gave Argentina a 1-0 win over Uruguay in aleaden Copa America clash on Friday.

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AstraZeneca says EU loses legal bid for more vaccine supplies by end-June

Published On: June 18, 2021 06:48 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, June 18 : AstraZeneca on Friday said the European Union had lost a legal case against the pharmaceutical firm over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines as a court in Brussels rejected an EU request for more deliveries by the end of June.

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Israel to send Palestinians 1 mln COVID vaccine doses in exchange deal

Published On: June 18, 2021 04:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

TEL AVIV, June 18: Israel will send at least 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority (PA) under a deal to share shots, officials said on Friday, in a boost for the Palestinians' vaccination campaign in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

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Birdman of Brittany: French pensioner befriends pigeon

Published On: June 18, 2021 01:23 PM NPT By: Reuters

When 80-year-old Xavier Bouget goes for a ride on his bicycle, tinkers in his workshop, waters his garden or sits down to eat a biscuit, he has a constant companion: a white female pigeon called Blanchon.

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Global COVID-19 death toll exceeds 4 million

Published On: June 18, 2021 07:08 AM NPT By: Reuters

June 18: Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations.

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From playmaker to pacemaker - how ICD could save Eriksen's career

Published On: June 17, 2021 05:11 PM NPT By: Reuters

COPENHAGEN, June 17: Christian Eriksen's soccer career could be saved by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD, a small battery-powered device to regulate his heartbeat following a cardiac arrest suffered on the pitch at a Euro 2020 game.

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Giant Buddhist goddess statue in Japan gets face mask to pray for end of Covid-19

Published On: June 17, 2021 12:18 PM NPT By: Reuters

Workers scaled a giant statue of a Buddhist goddess in Japan on Tuesday to place a custom-made mask on her face, an act meant to be a prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Israel-Gaza violence erupts for first time since end of last month’s fighting

Published On: June 16, 2021 07:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

GAZA, June 16: Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory.

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After NATO, Biden turns to EU for renewal of transatlantic ties

Published On: June 15, 2021 04:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

BRUSSELS, June 15: U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to end one front in a Trump-era trade war when he meets European Union leaders on Tuesday by agreeing a truce in a transatlantic dispute over aircraft subsidies that has dragged on for 17 years.

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U.S. COVID-19 deaths cross painful 600,000 milestone as country reopens

Published On: June 15, 2021 09:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, June 15: The United States has now lost over 600,000 mothers, fathers, children, siblings and friends to COVID-19, a painful reminder that death, sickness and grief continue even as the country begins to return to something resembling pre-pandemic normal.

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Man with 'world’s largest family,' 39 wives, dies in India

Published On: June 14, 2021 09:13 PM NPT By: Reuters

A 76-year-old man who had 39 wives and 94 children and was said to be the head of the world's largest family has died in north east India, the chief minister of his home state said.

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