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Venezuela's bondholders hope pre-election recruitment drive will pay off
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - As Venezuela heads for pivotal elections at the weekend, its bondholders are on a recruitment drive in the hope the vote will open up some sort of path to the world's biggest debt restructuring.
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Boxing
Olympics-Boxing-Poland duo making the most of their unusual sporting journeys
PARIS (Reuters) - Poland's Mateusz Bereznicki and Julia Szeremeta have taken slightly winding routes on the road to becoming Olympic boxers but believe their experiences in other sports can help in the ring.
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World
Trump doctor disputes suggestion that shrapnel, not bullet, hit his ear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former White House physician disputed on Friday a suggestion by the FBI director that shrapnel, not a bullet, could have caused the injury to the Republican candidate's right ear during an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on July 13.
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World
Fatal listeria outbreak prompts nationwide recall of deli meat in U.S.
LOS ANGELES, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A multi-state listeria outbreak in the United States, which has now sickened at least 34 people and killed two as of Friday, prompted a massive recall of tainted deli meat.
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World
Olympics | Tokyo gold medal winner Pidcock unhappy with 'bland' Paris mountain bike course
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock commented on Friday that he thought the course for this year's tournament could have been tougher.
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Football
Olympics-Soccer-Canada great Sinclair: 'We were never shown drone footage'
PARIS (Reuters) - Canada soccer great Christine Sinclair said on Friday national team players were never shown drone footage during the more than two decades she was on the team, following a spying scandal that cast a shadow over the Canadians at the Paris Games.
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World
Olympics | Leading Olympic gold medalists in swimming
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the list of the top Olympic gold medalists in swimming by count:
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World
Olympics | List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is a list of the athletes with the most gold medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games:
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World
Panama's Mulino says plane with ex-presidents barred from heading to Venezuela
(Reuters) -Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Friday that a plane with former presidents en route to Venezuela has not been allowed to take off, due to a blockade of the Venezuela's airspace.
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World
Olympics | All-time medal table for swimming at Olympic Games
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Following is the historic medal table for swimming at the Summer Olympics:
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World
Arrest of drug leaders 'direct strike' against cartels - US Ambassador to Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said on Friday that the arrests of Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and a son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were a "direct strike" in efforts to combat transnational crime groups.
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World
Nigeria records improved revenue, economic growth in H1 2024: official
ABUJA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's oil revenue grew from 11 percent in the first half (H1) of 2023 to 30 percent in H1 2024, with the economy growing faster due to ongoing reforms, a senior government official said Friday.
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World
Olympics | Paris Olympics about to begin with waterborne opening ceremony
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony is about to begin on the city's River Seine.
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Swimming
Olympics-Swimming-S Korea swimmers leave athletes village due to long commute in hot buses
PARIS (Reuters) - Six South Korean swimmers competing at the Paris Games have left the Olympic village and moved into a hotel near the swimming arena to avoid the long commute in hot buses, the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) president said according to Yonhap.
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World
Ethiopia declares three-day mourning for victims of deadly landslides
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian parliament on Friday declared a three-day national mourning for 257 citizens who lost their lives after deadly landslides hit a remote village in southern Ethiopia.
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World
Ghana to keep strong monetary policy stance despite inflation ease
ACCRA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Ghana's central bank on Friday announced that it would deepen its strong monetary policy stance despite the recent reductions in the inflation rate.
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World
1st LD-Writethru-China Focus: China activates emergency response to floods in four provinces as typhoon Gaemi hits
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Emergency Management on Friday activated a Level-IV emergency response to floods in the four provinces of Guangdong, Shandong, Henan and Hubei, as well as raising the emergency response from Level-IV to Level-III in the northeastern province of Liaoning in the wake of Typhoon Gaemi.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Iraqi judoka positive for anabolic steroids, provisionally suspended, ITA says
PARIS (Reuters) - Iraqi judoka Sajjad Ghanim Sehen Sehen was provisionally suspended on Friday after he tested positive for anabolic steroids, the International Testing Agency said on Friday.
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World
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, alleged Mexican kingpin, pleads not guilty to US charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the notorious alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday after he and a son of a Mexican drug lord were arrested in Texas in a dramatic achievement for U.S. law enforcement that could usher in a seismic shift to Mexico's criminal landscape.
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Technology
Amazon under second investigation in Milan for tax evasion, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian unit of Amazon is being investigated by Milan prosecutors for suspected tax evasion, two sources said on Friday, but the inquiry was not linked to a multi-million euro seizure from another of the group's Italian units this week.