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Special Report: COVID opens new doors for China’s gene giant

SYDNEY (Reuters) – As countries scramble to test for the novel coronavirus, a Chinese company has become a go-to name around the world. BGI Group, described in one 2015 study as “Goliath” in the fast-growing field of genomics research, is using an opening crea... More »

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Economic pitfalls risk cooling Egypt’s hot money inflows

CAIRO/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – The threat of conflict in Libya, water security worries and a flatlining tourist sector risk upending a nascent rally in Egyptian bonds, bankers and economists say. The North African country has attracted a wave of foreign invest... More »

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Uber to give drivers millions of face masks to battle coronavirus

(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Thursday said it plans to ship millions of face masks to its active drivers and food delivery people around the world to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The ride-hailing company’s vice president o... More »

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Ethiopia launches first satellite into space

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space on Friday, as more sub-Saharan African nations strive to develop space programs to advance their development goals and encourage scientific innovation. Before dawn on Friday, senior offic... More »

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Kenyans Kamworor, Jepkosgei claim New York Marathon titles

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kenyan half marathon world record holders Geoffrey Kamworor and Joyciline Jepkosgei powered to victories in the New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kamworor reclaimed the New York title he won in 2017 in two hours eight minutes and 13 second... More »

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U.S. lawmakers will press Boeing CEO for answers on 737 MAX crashes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a U.S. Senate panel reviewing two catastrophic Boeing 737 MAX crashes told Reuters ahead of hearings this week that the plane would not return to U.S. skies until “99.9% of the American public” and policymakers are convinced ... More »

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In watershed discovery, skull of ancient human ancestor unearthed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists on Wednesday announced the landmark discovery in Ethiopia of a nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago, a species boasting an intriguing mixture of apelike and humanlike characteristic... More »

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FAA reputation has taken a hit from Boeing 737 MAX grounding:…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) reputation has taken a hit as a result of the Boeing Co 737 MAX grounding, United Airlines President Scott Kirby said on Monday. “The brand of the FAA has certainly been impacted by this,” ... More »

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Preliminary report on Ethiopian Airlines crash ‘very likely’…

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The preliminary report on the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash will very likely be released this week, Ethiopia’s transport ministry spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. “It will very, very likely be released this week but there could be... More »

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Five decades ago, Boeing’s new 727 jet also had a terrible start

OTTAWA (Reuters) – As Boeing Co and global airlines work to restore public confidence in the 737 MAX after two deadly crashes, they will have a play book they can use. This is not the first time that Boeing has faced a crisis after launching a new plane with i... More »

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Ethiopian Airlines CEO promises to get to bottom of flight 302 crash

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said on Monday the airline would work with investigators in Ethiopia, the United States and elsewhere “to figure out what went wrong with flight 302”. We will “work with Boeing and our colleagu... More »

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U.S. Transportation Department probes FAA approval of 737 MAX: WSJ

(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the probe. The Transportation Department... More »

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Boeing says has no new guidance for 737 MAX 8 operators

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Boeing said on Monday the investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines crash is in its early stages and there is no need to issue new guidance to operators of its 737 MAX 8 aircraft based on the information it has so far. “Safety is our numbe... More »

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Ethiopian Airlines grounds its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet

(Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleet until further notice, the airline said on its Twitter account on Monday, a day after a crash killed all 157 people on board one of its planes of the same type. “Although we don’t yet kno... More »

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Boeing postpones 777X event after Ethiopian Airlines crash

(Reuters) – Boeing Co said late Sunday it will postpone the planned ceremonial debut of its 777X widebody aircraft after Sunday’s crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that left 157 dead. A Boeing spokesman said there was no delay to the 777X program. Boeing sa... More »

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China suspends commercial operations of Boeing 737-8 planes

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s civil aviation regulator said on Monday that it has asked domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operations of all Boeing 737-8 planes by 6:00 p.m. local time (5.00 a.m. ET), a day after a deadly crash of a 737 MAX 8 by Ethiopi... More »

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Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes, killing 157

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and raising questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a new model that also crashed in Ind... More »

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British museum to return royal hair seized in Ethiopia 150 years ago

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A museum in Britain has agreed to return a ruler’s locks of hair cut from his corpse by a British soldier more than 150 years ago, Ethiopia said on Monday. Emperor Tewodros II took his own life after his defeat by British troops at the ... More »

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African nations sense upper hand in minerals stand-off

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – African nations with rich reserves of copper and cobalt needed for the shift to electric vehicles sense they have the upper hand in negotiations with mining companies that are struggling to secure better terms. Days of talks at the Mining... More »

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Athletics: Kenyan teenager Kiprop wins RAK half marathon

(Reuters) – Kenya’s 19-year-old Stephen Kiprop won the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) half marathon on Friday in a course record-equalling 58 minutes and 42 seconds, the fastest time ever recorded by a teenager. Ethiopians Abadi Hadis and Fikadu Haftu completed the podi... More »

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Soccer: Sierra Leone’s disqualification from Nations Cup boosts…

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone have been disqualified from the preliminaries for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals, confirming places for Kenya and Ghana at the continental championship next June-July. Sierra Leone’s fate was decided by the Confederation... More »

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Pence meets with Ethiopian prime minister, applauds reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday and praised “the historic reform efforts” undertaken by Abiy since assuming power in April, the White House said in a statement. Pence noted Abiy’s eff... More »

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Eritrea sends delegation to Ethiopia for first talks since conflict

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A high-level delegation from Eritrea was due to arrive in its neighbor and long-time foe Ethiopia on Tuesday to discuss recent peace overtures, raising hopes of a breakthrough in one of Africa’s most intractable military stand-offs. Eth... More »

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Ethiopia says British museum must permanently return its artifacts

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Britain must permanently return all artifacts from Ethiopia held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Addis Ababa will not accept them on loan, an Ethiopian government official said. The call comes after the museum, one of London’s mos... More »

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Ethiopia swears in Abiye as new PM amid ethnic, youth tensions

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s parliament swore in Abiye Ahmed as prime minister on Monday with a mandate to implement democratic reforms aimed partly at defusing ethnic tensions in the Oromiya province from which the former army lieutenant general hails. ... More »

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Tillerson cuts short Africa trip to return to Washington

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens to a question during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has cut short his first trip to Africa to return to Washingt... More »

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Russia suggests Tillerson-Lavrov meeting in Ethiopia this week: RIA

Sergei Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia briefs the media at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday that Russia had sug... More »

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Record-breaking Ethiopians dominate Dubai Marathon

Roza Dereje Bekele of Ethiopia crosses the finish line of the Dubai Marathon, in Dubai, UAE January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Satish Kumar DUBAI (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew set a new Dubai Marathon record when he sprinted clear from a large group of his com... More »

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Mind bender: shape of human brain evolved over time

Brain shape evolution in Homo sapiens are shown in this combination image, the earliest known members of our species, the 300,000 year-old cranium Jebel Irhoud 1 (L) and present day humans (R) in this undated handout image released on January 24, 2018. Courtes... More »

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Bob Geldof calls Aung San Suu Kyi `handmaiden to genocide`

Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi "a hand maiden to genocide" on Monday as he returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award in protest over his fellow recipient's response to the repression of Rohingya Muslims. More »

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Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy after outrage

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed as a goodwill ambassador, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, following outrage among Western donors and rights groups at his appointment. More »

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Athletics: Kipyegon favorite for 1,500m title

All eyes will be on the women’s 1,500 meters final at the World Championships on Monday as Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya bids to add the gold medal to her Olympic title. More »

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Despite the doubters, Farah bows out as the best

2016 Rio Olympics – Athletics – Final – Men’s 5000m Final – Olympic Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 20/08/2016. Mo Farah (GBR) of Britain celebrates winning the race. Mo Farah will bring down the curtain on his championship career with a bid for yet another... More »

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Drawing in the customers in Mogadishu

A mural on a shop front illustrates electrical appliances in Wabari district of Mogadishu, Somalia, June 8, 2017. A collection of yawing mouths and extracted teeth, booming stereo speakers and colorful hookah pipes adorn shop fronts in Somalia, a colorful cont... More »

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Moroccan fossils shake up understanding of human origins

Two views of a composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, based on micro computed tomographic scans of multiple original fossils, are shown in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters June 7, 2017. P... More »

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Who`s your mummy? Genetic secrets of ancient Egypt unwrapped

Scientist Verena Schuenemann is shown examining the lower jaw bone of an ancient Egyptian mummy at the Palaeogenetics Laboratory at the University of Tuebingen in Germany in this undated handout photograph obtained by Reuters May 30, 2017. Johannes Krause/Hand... More »

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U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis boards a U.S. Air Force C-17 for a day trip to a U.S. military base in Djibouti from Doha, Qatar April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst The United States is closely watching a recent increase in piracy off the coast of Somal... More »

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Cooking up financial success with chef Marcus Samuelsson

Marcus Samuelsson, Chef and Restaurateur, Marcus Samuelsson Group and Maya Samuelsson arrive for the state dinner in honor of the Nordic Summit at the White House in Washington, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert Lien Tan More »

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Africa tells FIFA it wants 10 places at expanded World Cup

The snow-covered landscape is reflected in a logo in front of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Africa will be looking to double the number of places it has at an expanded World Cup, the continent’s football asso... More »

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Olympics: 2016 refugee team wins Laureus award

2016 Rio Olympics – Opening Ceremony – Maracana – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 05/08/2016. The Refugee Olympic Athletes’ team arrives for the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach A refugee team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with 10 athletes from coun... More »

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Japan took in just 28 refugees in 2016, despite record applications

FILE PHOTO: A protester holding a placard shouts slogans at a rally to call for visa grants for asylum seekers in Japan, in central Tokyo, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo Japan accepted just 28 refugees last year when a record number applied f... More »

Human ancestor `Lucy` adept at tree climbing as well as walking

Paleoanthropologist John Kappelman is seen with 3D printouts of Lucy’s skeleton illustrating the compressive fractures in her right humerus that she suffered at the time of her death 3.18 million years ago in this image from the University of Texas at Austin, ... More »

Merkel calls on African Union to help solve Libya conflict

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the National Palace in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a trip to Ethiopia, said she wanted the African Union to get involved in trying to solve... More »

Ethiopian PM says police do not use violence against protesters

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn attends the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Ethiopian Prime ... More »

After buying SABMiller, AB InBev could see more deals

Beer flows from a bottle of Stella Artois into a glass in this picture illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 5, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Once Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR) seals its 79 billion pound ($104.8 billion) takeover of rival ... More »

Refugee team mural unveiled in Rio

2016 Rio Olympics – Opening ceremony – Maracana – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 05/08/2016. Flagbearer Rose Nathike Lokonyen (ROT) of the Refugee Olympic Athletes leads her contingent during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov The portraits of all 10 members... More »

Islamist car bomb in Somali capital kills at least three police

MOGADISHU Islamist militants in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, set off a vehicle packed with explosives next to a cafe near a police building on Wednesday, killing at least three police officers. The Islamist al Shabaab group, which wants to topple the Western... More »

Yemen war generates widespread suffering, but few refugees

Amid Yemen’s misery, two young women living in the war-damaged cities of Aden and Sanaa know they are among the relatively fortunate. They are not starving, their homes have not been destroyed and they have survived bombs and bullets unscathed. But both long t... More »

Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills

LONDON Refusal to pay the bills of one’s tailor was famously almost a point of honor among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain’s World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 poun... More »

‘Little Foot’ fossil sheds light on early human forerunners

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – “Lucy,” meet “Little Foot.” Scientists said on Wednesday a sophisticated new dating technique shows that Little Foot, an important fossil of an early human forerunner unearthed in the 1990s in South Africa, is roughly 3.7 million years o... More »