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Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed’s Powell should go
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For U.S. President Joe Biden to be true to his agenda he should not renominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, Nobel prize-winning economist and long...
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Money, mimicry and mind control: Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to....
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Fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes set to begin
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial on Wednesday in federal court, with prosecutors poised to lay out fraud charges against the former Silicon Va...
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Soccer-France rediscover their touch as winless run ends
PARIS (Reuters) - After five consecutive draws, France found their groove again as they finally managed to get some inspiration in a 2-0 victory against Finland in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Le...
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Australian media outlets liable for Facebook comments, court finds
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch's the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their corporate Facebook pages, the High Court rul...
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Standard Chartered sees bitcoin hitting $100,000 by early next year
LONDON (Reuters) - A new cryptocurrency research team at Standard Chartered has predicted bitcoin will double in value and hit $100,000 by early next year and that it could be worth as much as $175,00...
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New Afghan government gives no cause for optimism, says German Foreign Minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expressed concern on Wednesday about the composition of the provisional government established by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The cabinet list ann...
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RKI chief warns of “massive momentum” in COVID cases in autumn
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany could see a "massive momentum" in new COVID cases in autumn if the vaccination rate does not increase, the head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious disease sai...
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China is not targeting any country with fan culture crackdown – Chinese embassy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's crackdown on "fan culture" is aimed at maintaining public order and will not affect its cultural exchanges with any country, the Chinese embassy in South Korea said on Wed...
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Asian Youth Games in China postponed to 2022 due to COVID
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Asian Youth Games, organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), have been postponed to December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities said on Wednesday. The G...
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