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Guns, drugs, jobs. In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots
By Sarah Kinosian CARACAS (Reuters) - Soon after rebels from neighboring Colombia arrived in this Venezuelan village, they started choosing students from the local high school to harvest coca, the pla...
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Futures rise as focus turns to weekly jobless claims
By Shashank Nayar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Thursday on hopes the Federal Reserve would maintain an accommodative policy amid signs that a broader economic recovery was slo...
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WTO chief seeks fishing, pandemic accords by year end
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization needs results by the end of the year and must focus its efforts on securing a deal on fishing subsidies and finding a global resp...
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Medtech firm Baxter to buy hospital-bed maker Hill-Rom for $10.5 billion
(Reuters) - U.S. medtech firm Baxter International Inc said on Thursday it would buy rival Hill-Rom Holdings Inc for about $10.5 billion, adding smart hospital beds to its portfolio of patient monitor...
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Baby elephant rescued in China after becoming separated from herd
(Reuters) - Wildlife officials have rescued an abandoned baby elephant in woodland in China's Yunnan province and treated its inflamed belly button, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The 6-day-old baby...
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Russia threatens to fine Apple, Google unless they remove Navalny app, Ifax reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications watchdog threatened on Thursday to fine Apple and Google unless they removed an app created by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from their stores, the Interfax ...
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Republican Cheney named as vice chair of U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney will serve as vice chairwoman of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the...
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Aspen eyes Serum Institute model as it seeks licence to make J&J vaccine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare wants to model itself on India's Serum Institute by getting a licence to manufacture Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, Aspen Chief Ex...
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Analysis: Texas abortion ban opens up ‘Wild West’ of enforcement, critics say
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas's strict new abortion ban https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/texas-six-week-abortion-ban-takes-effect-2021-09-01 hands over the...
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Special Report-How the Chinese tycoon driving Volvo plans to tackle Tesla
By Norihiko Shirouzu HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - "Do you know how big Volvo is?" asked Don Leclair, finance chief at Ford Motor Co.. It was 2008, and Leclair was responding to an offer from a little-k...
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