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Comcast, ViacomCBS to launch joint streaming service in Europe
(Reuters) - Comcast Corp and ViacomCBS will launch a joint streaming service "SkyShowtime" in over 20 European markets starting 2022, the media companies said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Chavi Mehta i...
Aug 18, 2021
Analysis-Despite Taliban assurances, world frets again about Afghan militant havens
By Charlotte Greenfield and Sabine Siebold (Reuters) - Islamist groups around the world have hailed the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan, sparking global alarm that the country could once again becom...
Aug 18, 2021
Merkel spoke to Pakistan’s Kahn, Emir of Qatar on Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Kahn, the Emir of Qatar and the head of the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday evening, her spokesman s...
Aug 18, 2021
PPD makes third arrest in armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police have arrested a third and final suspect in a home invasion and armed robbery that occurred last week. A Ring doorbell camera recorded the attack on Tuesday, August 1...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. plans to double number of asylum officers in Biden border overhaul
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will unveil a major overhaul of the U.S. asylum system on Wednesday, including a plan to double staff, in an effort to speed p...
Aug 18, 2021
UK aiming to airlift 1,000 from Afghanistan a day – PM Johnson’s spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is seeking to airlift 1,000 people every day from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Wednesday. As...
Aug 18, 2021
China’s President Xi spoke with Iranian, Iraqi presidents
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday spoke with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Chinese state television said. China will unswervingly develop friendly relations with Iran an...
Aug 18, 2021
T.J. Maxx owner beats sales estimates as customers return to stores
(Reuters) - TJX Cos Inc on Wednesday beat market estimates for quarterly net sales, as the easing of COVID-19 restrictions prompted Americans to return to the retail chain's brick-and-mortar discount ...
Aug 18, 2021
Dow futures slip on recovery fears as focus turns to Fed
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Dow futures fell on Wednesday as renewed fears about the pace of a post-pandemic recovery dented demand for economically senstive sectors and sent investors to the perceived ...
Aug 18, 2021
EU must take in Afghans, some may face ‘revenge’- European Parliament chief
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Union has a responsibility to accept Afghan refugees and cannot leave people who worked for the bloc in Afghanistan to "face revenge", European Parlia...
Aug 18, 2021
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