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U.S. capital city issues sweeping mask requirement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Masks will be required indoors in Washington, D.C., for everyone 2 years and older starting Saturday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Thursday, regardless of whether they have been ...
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Britain warns COVID-19 could infect half Myanmar in next two weeks
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's U.N. ambassador warned on Thursday that half of Myanmar's 54 million people could be infected with COVID-19 in the next two weeks as Myanmar's envoy ...
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EU urges Cuba to free ‘arbitrarily detained’ protesters
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - The European Union is "very concerned about the repression" of protests in Cuba and urges the government to release all arbitrarily detained protesters, the EU said o...
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‘Like back in Syria’: migrant volunteers clear up flood-hit Germany
AHRWEILER, Germany (Reuters) - Syrian volunteers have rushed to towns hit by Germany's most devastating floods in 60 years to clean them up and renovate homes, drawing on their experience with catastr...
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New Illinois laws expand affordable housing funding and incentives
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday signed two new laws to expand affordable housing funding and incentives. HB 2621 creates new financing programs and tax incentives to support the cre...
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Brazil to cancel contract for Russian COVID-19 vaccine, minister says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil plans to cancel a contract signed in March for 10 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said on Thursday as the South Am...
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Syrian rebels attack army outposts in southern Syria
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels waged a spate of mortar attacks on Syrian army checkpoints in the southern province of Deraa in the biggest flare-up of violence since government...
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United Airlines to outsource catering operations from October
(Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday it was moving forward with plans to outsource its catering operations following a six-month review, similar to other airlines' strategies. United said it h...
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U.S. aid chief to travel to Ethiopia in diplomatic push on Tigray
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is sending USAID Administrator Samantha Power to Ethiopia this week while warning of punitive measures if aid is unable to reach the Tigray regio...
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White House wants U.S automakers to back at least 40% EV target by 2030 — sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has told U.S. automakers it wants them to back a voluntary target of at least 40% of new vehicles sales as electric by 2030 as it works to reduce greenhouse gas ...
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