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Published by Reuters By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The Milwaukee Bucks, powered by a masterpiece from Greek forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, captured the franchise’s first NBA championship in 50 years with a 105-98 win over the visiting … Full ArticleNBA-Antetokounmpo leads Milwaukee to first NBA title since 1971

Published by Reuters By Ryan Woo and Stella Qiu BEIJING (Reuters) -Large swathes of China’s central Henan province were under water on Wednesday, with its capital Zhengzhou hardest-hit after being drenched by what weather watchers … Full ArticleCentral Chinese province swamped after heaviest rain in 1,000 years

Published by Reuters By Dania Nadeem (Reuters) – Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 to 77.3 years, the lowest level since 2003, primarily due to the … Full ArticleU.S. life expectancy fell year and a half in 2020 due to COVID-19 -CDC

Published by Reuters By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s two largest states reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a blow to hopes that lockdown restrictions would be lifted with … Full ArticleAustralia, under lockdown, sees jump in COVID-19 cases

Published by Reuters FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO (Reuters) – The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women’s softball pitcher Yukiko Ueno getting Games competition underway in what the head of the World Health Organization said … Full ArticleOlympics-Tokyo kicks off Games amid COVID-19 fears

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead to demonstrate to the world what can be achieved with the right plan and measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) … Full ArticleOlympics-WHO head Tedros backs Tokyo Games amid pandemic

Published by Reuters By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Climate change talks this year aimed at keeping global warming in check need to consign coal power to history, the British president of the upcoming United … Full ArticleRich nations ‘must consign coal power to history’-UK COP26 president

Published by Reuters By Peter Szekely and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Wildfires raging across the western United States and Canada, including a “monster” two-week-old blaze in Oregon, on Tuesday belched smoke and soot that gusted eastward … Full ArticleWestern wildfire smoke causes cross-country air pollution

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday it would permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters after its Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and escort ships sail to Japan in September through seas where … Full ArticleBritain to permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters

Published by Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature, which has no opposition party, begins discussions on Wednesday on privacy laws tackling “doxxing behaviour” that some technology giants fear are so broad and vague … Full ArticleHong Kong begins talks on controversial ‘anti-doxxing’ privacy bill