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Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm back into Baghdad’s Green Zone
By Maher Nazih BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad's fortified government zone on Saturday for the second time in a week, escalating ...
Jul 30, 2022
Iran arrests a Swedish citizen on espionage charges -IRNA
(Reuters) -Iran's intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported, without naming the detained person. It was...
Jul 30, 2022
UPDATE: One ticket in Illinois matches all numbers for $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot
SPRINGFIELD, IL (WKZO-AM/FM) – The Illinois Lottery says a winning Mega Millions ticket worth over a billion dollars was sold in Illinois. The state lottery website says one ticket in Illinois m...
Jul 30, 2022
Britain’s trains disrupted in second widespread rail strike in a week
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Around 5,000 train drivers across almost a quarter of Britain's rail network went on strike on Saturday, as part of a campaign for higher pay after the country's i...
Jul 30, 2022
Soccer-Lewandowski slams Bayern’s ‘politics’ in build-up to Barcelona move
(Reuters) - Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has criticised former club Bayern Munich's "politics" after leaving them to join LaLiga side Barcelona. Lewandowski, who scored 344 goals for Bayern in 37...
Jul 30, 2022
Swiss set to match EU sanctions if China invades Taiwan – agency chief
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the Swiss agency that implements economic sanctions expects the neutral country to adopt any punitive measures the European Union launches against China if it invades Ta...
Jul 30, 2022
Austria mourns suicide of doctor targetted by anti-vaccine campaigners
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austrian leaders appealed for national unity after a doctor who faced death threats from anti-vaccination activists and coronavirus pandemic conspiracy theorists took her own life. ...
Jul 30, 2022
Pope says genocide took place at Church schools in Canada for indigenous children
By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully ass...
Jul 30, 2022
Pope says that with frailty and age, he is in new phase of papacy
By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy and repeated tha...
Jul 30, 2022
Soccer-Man City’s outgoing transfers a sign of club’s sustainability – Guardiola
(Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he is saddened by the departure of Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Raheem Sterling but that the revenue generated by their transfers had c...
Jul 30, 2022
