India's Modi visits Malaysia to boost trade, security ties
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday, as the two countries look to bolster trade and explore potential collaborations in semiconductors, defence and other fiel...
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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Vonn says she has already won, whatever happens on Sunday
By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn has declared herself a winner come what may in the last Olympic downhill of her stellar career. The 41-year-old U.S. great will try and beat the odds of age and injury on her fav...
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Olympics-Ice hockey-Spooner savours first score for Canada after injury recovery
By Trevor Stynes and Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's veteran forward Natalie Spooner hit a satisfying new milestone in her comeback story on Saturday, as she scored her team's opening goal of the Milano Cortina Games after a long road b...
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Tropical Cyclone Mitchell approaches Western Australia's Pilbara region, ports closed
SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensified on Sunday, Australia's weather bureau said, as it tracked towards the country's remote northwest, home to the world's biggest iron-ore export hub of Port Hedland. Port Hedland, as well as...
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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis announces departure, following mass layoffs
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis is leaving the newspaper, it announced on Saturday after carrying out widespread layoffs this week. "During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure t...
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Olympics-Figure-skating-Once a child prodigy, Canada's Gogolev makes memorable Games debut
By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's Stephen Gogolev made a memorable Olympic debut with a third-place finish in the men's short programme of the Milano Cortina team event - a moment that once felt far from guaranteed during years of injurie...
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Dorsey's Block cutting up to 10% of staff, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Jack Dorsey's fintech Block is considering cutting up to 10% of its workforce during annual performance reviews, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter. Block didn't immediately respond to a requ...
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American Airlines CEO agrees to meet pilots union over concerns
Feb 7 (Reuters) - American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said on Saturday he would meet with the carrier's pilots union as soon as possible, as concerns by aviators grow over its handling of a recent storm and company financials. Isom told Allied Pilots As...
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Japan votes in test for PM Takaichi as snow weighs on turnout
(Corrects paragraph 9 to add dropped word 'younger') By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japanese voters were casting ballots on Sunday in an election expected to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a resounding win, although record snowfall in parts ...
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Olympics-Biathlon-Dad's the word as fathers get set for Winter Games biathlon battle
By Philip O'Connor ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - While Scandinavia is famous for its hands-on "latte pappas", Olympic biathletes Johannes Dale-Skjevdal and Sebastian Samuelsson say the demands of their sport leave little room for cafe mornings ...
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