By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The PGA Tour suspended longtime fan favourite Phil Mickelson and all other members who decided to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series that began on Thursday and said anyone else who makes the jump will face the same fate. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan sent a letter to members not …
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(This May 31 story, corrects the interval between second and third Pfizer shot in paragraph 5 to two months not three months) By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are due to meet in June to decide on whether to recommend authorizing Moderna Inc’s vaccine for children below 6 …
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By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament is set to revisit a contentious Job Creation law to comply with a court order to fix procedural flaws during its 2020 passage, amid renewed pressure from unions and environmentalists to overturn the legislation. WHAT IS THE JOB CREATION LAW? The so-called “omnibus law” …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) – Pre-orders of vaccines for children under age 5 have been slow, but Biden administration senior officials say they are not alarmed and expect the pace to pick up after federal approvals later this month. The administration expects vaccinations of young children to begin in earnest as early …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – The water looks crystal blue, with no trace of sewage, the yellow sand is clean and the smell in the air is salty and pleasant, giving beachgoers in Gaza their first experience in years of clean and safe beaches. Untreated sewage has flowed directly into the waters off Gaza …
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By Norma Galeana and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide was sentenced on Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom to 16 years and eight months in prison for sexually abusing three girls. Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader and self-styled apostle of the Guadalajara-based …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Daina Beth Solomon and Matt Spetalnick LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday a proposed new U.S. economic partnership with Latin America aimed at countering China’s growing clout as he kicked off a regional summit marred by discord and snubs over the guest list. Hosting the Summit of the Americas …
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By Idrees Ali and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The United States and China are expected to use Asia’s top security meeting this week to trade blows over everything from Taiwan’s sovereignty to the war in Ukraine, although both sides have indicated a willingness to discuss managing differences. The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts top-level military officials, …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Swathes of Sri Lanka were hit by electricity cuts on Thursday after a power sector union went on strike opposing new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles a crippling economic crisis. About 900 out of around 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka’s main …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Abdelaziz Boumzar KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday in the face of a fierce Russian assault, the regional governor said, another big swing in momentum in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Russia has concentrated its …
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