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Global disputes likely to thwart unity at G7 summit in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Leaders of the G7 nations arrive in France on Saturday for a summit as a brewing U.S.-China confrontation over protectionism highlighted President Emmanuel Macron's tough task in delivering meaningful results on trade, Iran and climate change.
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Global disputes likely to thwart unity at G7 summit in France
PARIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Leaders of the G7 nations arrive in France on Saturday for a summit as a brewing U.S.-China confrontation over protectionism highlighted President Emmanuel Macron's tough task in delivering meaningful results on trade, Iran and climate change.
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Tunisian police arrest presidential candidate Karoui on tax evasion charges
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Nabil Karoui on Friday after a court ordered his detention, the Interior Ministry said, in a case involving charges of money laundering but which Karoui's party said was a politically motivated attempt to exclude him from the election race.
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UPDATE 3-Tunisian police arrest presidential candidate Karoui on tax evasion charges
TUNIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Nabil Karoui on Friday after a court ordered his detention, the Interior Ministry said, in a case involving charges of money laundering but which Karoui's party said was a politically motivated attempt to exclude him from the election race.
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Zimbabwe police arrest 10 union officials as clampdown deepens
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government offered to raise public sector wages by 76% on Friday, an umbrella group for public sector unions said, in a bid to tackle widespread anger over the state of the economy.
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UPDATE 2-Zimbabwe police arrest 10 union officials as clampdown deepens
HARARE, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government offered to raise public sector wages by 76% on Friday, an umbrella group for public sector unions said, in a bid to tackle widespread anger over the state of the economy.
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Ebola appears contained in Goma, but flares in other parts of Congo: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ebola appears to be under control in the city of Goma in Congo but it has flared in other parts of the country, where aid workers are combating insecurity and disinformation on social media, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Ebola appears contained in Goma, but flares in other parts of Congo - WHO
GENEVA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Ebola appears to be under control in the city of Goma in Congo but it has flared in other parts of the country, where aid workers are combating insecurity and disinformation on social media, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Russia's Kuznetsov gets four-year IIHF ban after cocaine test
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Friday it had suspended Russian national team player Evgeny Kuznetsov for four years for testing positive for cocaine.
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South Africa to roll out sweeping health reform in stages
PRETORIA (Reuters) - A proposed move to universal health coverage in South Africa will be rolled out in stages as the budget improves, a senior presidential aide told Reuters, forecasting the landmark reform would cost $2.2 billion per year by 2025/26.
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