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China issues draft guidelines for internet recommendation algorithms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms used by internet service providers to make recommendations to users, part of efforts to protect the privacy and data ...
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Honduras to buy 2.7 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Honduras on Thursday agreed to purchase an additional 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from drugmaker Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech to ensure the country will have enough f...
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Asian shares on edge as day of Fed chair speech arrives
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares were mixed on Friday morning as slight gains in China were balanced by declines elsewhere and investors globally turned cautious ahead of a long-awaited...
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Biden advisers weigh Powell as Fed chair, Brainard as vice chair -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's advisers are considering recommending Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chair with Lael Brainard as chief regulator, Bloomberg News reported on ...
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Norway halts Kabul evacuation, says foreign minister
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway can no longer assist in evacuating remaining citizens from Afghanistan's capital, Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said on Thursday. "The doors at the airport ar...
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Australia retail sales plunge in July, economy set to shrink
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retail sales plunged in July as coronavirus lockdowns shut shops and services in the nation's largest city, further evidence the economy is set to contract ...
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Alphabet’s Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sensors
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo has ended an effort to sell light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors to other companies, a company spokesman said on Thursday. This i...
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Mexican researchers say they created facemask that neutralizes COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have created a facemask using silver and copper nanolayers that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
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KKR to buy Ritchies Transport in first New Zealand infrastructure bet
(Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co Inc will purchase Ritchies Transport, one of New Zealand's largest bus companies, marking its first infrastructure investment in the island nation. The co...
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U.S. trade chief Tai tells Turkey countries must remove digital services taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told Turkey's trade minister it was critical that countries remove individual digital services taxes in connection with a broader multila...
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