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Norway’s capital tightens lockdown to combat more contagious virus variant
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's capital Oslo and nine neighboring municipalities will impose some of their toughest lockdown measures yet after an outbreak of a more contagious coronavirus variant, first id...
Jan 23, 2021
Russia reports 20,921 new coronavirus cases, 559 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Saturday reported 20,921 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 2,668 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,698,273. Authorities also reported an additi...
Jan 23, 2021
Spanish federation apologizes to Tennis Australia over player quarantine
(Reuters) - Spain's tennis federation (RFET) on Saturday apologized to Tennis Australia (TA) after complaining about the treatment of two Spanish players in quarantine before next month's Australian O...
Jan 23, 2021
Barty itching to get started at Australian Open
SYDNEY (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty is itching to get back to competitive tennis at the Australian Open but has poured cold water on the idea that she might be set to end the 43-year wait fo...
Jan 23, 2021
NBA roundup: Clint Capela’s triple-double leads Hawks past Wolves
Clint Capela recorded his first career triple-double and Trae Young scored a season-high 43 points to pace the Atlanta Hawks to a 116-98 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Friday an...
Jan 23, 2021
Swimming Australia eyes Plan B in case of Tokyo cancellation
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Swimming Australia has started discussions about a replacement domestic or virtual international competition for its athletes in case the Tokyo Olympics are cancelled, president Kie...
Jan 23, 2021
Unstoppable INEOS Team UK win again to reach Challenger Series final
(Reuters) - INEOS Team UK won a tight third round-robin race against Italy's Luna Rossa on Saturday for their fifth victory from five starts to storm into the final of the Challenger Series, which dec...
Jan 23, 2021
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 16,417: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,417 to 2,122,679, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The repo...
Jan 22, 2021
Toshiba regains Tokyo exchange’s top category amid calls for better governance
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange approved on Friday Toshiba Corp's return to the bourse's first section amid calls from some shareholders for better governance at the Japanese industrial con...
Jan 22, 2021
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny’s supporters to rally for his release despite warnings
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were set to confront Russian authorities on Saturday at nationwide rallies that the police have declared illegal ...
Jan 22, 2021
