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Dollar pinned as Powell plods toward tapering
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was nursing losses on Monday and kept near multi-week lows after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid out a slower-than-expected path to rate hike...
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Afghanistan’s ‘Gen Z’ fears for future and hard-won freedoms
(Reuters) - When 20-year-old Salgy found out last week that she had topped some 200,000 students who took Afghanistan's university entrance exam this year, she was elated. For months, she had locked h...
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China reports 23 COVID-19 cases for Aug 29, none local
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 23 confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug. 29, down from 33 a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission on Monday. All the cases were imp...
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China graft watchdog calls for stricter regulation of some restaurants
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's graft watchdog on Monday called for stricter supervision of restaurants that chase rapid success online after a series of food safety scandals, as regulators continue to r...
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Asian shares rise on dovish Fed chair, oil up as hurricane batters Louisiana
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares started the week with gains and the dollar was not far off two-week lows after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck a more dovish tone tha...
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Japan’s retail sales extend gains but COVID-19 challenges persist
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's retail sales rose for a fifth straight month in July, beating expectations as the consumer sector continued its recovery, although a c...
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Patrick Cantlay outlasts Bryson DeChambeau, wins BMW in playoff
Patrick Cantlay made a litany of must-have putts, culminating in a 17 1/2-foot birdie on the sixth playoff hole that carried him to a victory over Bryson DeChambeau at the BMW Championship outside Bal...
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Foxconn founder asks BioNTech to reserve 30 million more vaccines for Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, has asked BioNTech SE to reserve 30 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for Taiwan, saying he had received ...
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Oil rises as Hurricane Ida pounds U.S. crude patch, Louisiana
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose around 1% on Monday after a powerful hurricane ploughed through the Gulf of Mexico https://www.reuters.com/world/us/gulf-coast-ports-close-loop-halts-oil-deliveries-a...
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New Orleans’ levees got a $14.5 billion upgrade. Will they hold?
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, the city went to work on building a $14.5 billion system of gates, flood walls and levees that would protect...
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