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Football: Ronaldo brace puts Juventus on brink of another title

TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, the first a penalty awarded for handball, to give Juventus a 2-1 win over Lazio...
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US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: Study

WASHINGTON: African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white...
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During COVID-19 lockdowns, some doctors wondered: Where are the premature babies?

NEW YORK: This spring, as countries around the world told people to stay home to slow the spread of the...
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Chevron to buy Noble for US$5 billion in stock, biggest oil deal since price crash

HOUSTON: Chevron said on Monday (Jul 20) it would buy oil and gas producer Noble Energy for about US$5 billion...
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US adds 11 companies to economic blacklist over China’s treatment of Uighurs

WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department on Monday (Jul 20) added to its economic blacklist 11 Chinese companies implicated in what...
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Top Democrats say US Congress appears to be election interference target

WASHINGTON: The US Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers' activities and...
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Colombia’s COVID-19 cases top 200,000, deaths at nearly 7,000

BOGOTA: Colombia's confirmed cases of coronavirus topped 200,000 on Monday, the health ministry said, while deaths from the disease reached...
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Scaled-down Haj pilgrimage to start Jul 29 amid COVID-19 outbreak

RIYADH: This year's Haj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only about 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia...
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Climate change on track to wipe out polar bears by 2100

PARIS: Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on Monday (Jul 20) that predicts the...
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EU leaders in ‘home stretch’ to recovery deal after days of squabbling

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2019.   BRUSSELS: European...
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Trump willing to work with China on COVID-19 vaccine for US

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump expressed a willingness on Tuesday (Jul 21) to work with China or other countries to...
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Brazil COVID-19 death toll surpasses 80,000

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 on Monday (Jul 20), according to health ministry figures, as the...
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Football: Brighton ensure top flight survival with Newcastle draw

BRIGHTON: Brighton and Hove Albion made sure of avoiding relegation from the Premier League after a 0-0 home draw with...
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Two more Brazil ministers test positive for coronavirus

BRASILIA: Two more Brazilian government ministers said on Monday (Jul 20) they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, underscoring...
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South Africa COVID-19 outbreak should be wake-up call for continent: WHO

GENEVA: South Africa's growing COVID-19 epidemic should be an alert to the rest of the continent to strengthen disease surveillance,...
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US congressional Democrats, White House to meet on COVID-19 aid

WASHINGTON: Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to...
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Southwest says 28% of workers seek leaves or exits; 2,235 Delta pilots take exit deal

CHICAGO: Southwest Airlines told employees on Monday (Jul 20) that 16,895 of its roughly 60,900 workforce have volunteered for long-term...
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Commentary: More bold measures needed to protect against the job losses heading Singapore’s way

The first quarter domestic unemployment data for this year is the tip of the iceberg since the circuit breaker restrictions...
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EU recovery fund sends shares, euro to four-month highs

World shares and the euro hit their strongest levels since March on Tuesday after European Union leaders sealed a 750...
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First human trial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

LONDON: AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data...
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