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Golden Globe organizers agree ban on freebies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The organizers of the Golden Globes on Friday banned its members from receiving gifts and free trips from movie studios and TV networks seeking to clinch awards for their shows...
Jul 16, 2021
Sprawling Oregon wildfire, largest of dozens in U.S., continues to grow
By Deborah Bloom and Steve Gorman KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (Reuters) - A sprawling wildfire raging mostly unchecked for over a week in southern Oregon forced firefighters into retreat for a fourth straight...
Jul 16, 2021
‘I have suffered a lot’: Honduran toddler reunited with mother after being found alone in Mexico
By Gustavo Palencia and Lizbeth Diaz TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A toddler who made international headlines when he was found alone in Mexico after a harrowing attempt to reach the United States was reuni...
Jul 16, 2021
Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightnin...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. FDA to temporarily allow distribution of anti-smoking pill with some impurities
(Reuters) - The U.S. drug regulator said on Friday it will temporarily allow manufacturers to distribute versions of Pfizer Inc's anti-smoking drug Chantix with elevated levels of an impurity that may...
Jul 16, 2021
FDA investigating how a known carcinogen wound up in J&J sunscreen
By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating how a cancer-causing chemical ended up in Johnson & Johnson sunscreens, after the compan...
Jul 16, 2021
Smaller, glitzy amfAR gala for AIDS research back at Cannes
ANTIBES, France (Reuters) - Hollywood A-listers, music stars and fashion models mingled at the amfAR charity gala on the French Riviera on Friday, as the swanky dinner and auction returned to the side...
Jul 16, 2021
UK to keep quarantine rules for travellers from France
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that it was scrapping a planned easing of coronavirus rules for travellers from France, which had been due to take effect on Monday, because...
Jul 16, 2021
Senator asks airlines about worker shortages after billions in U.S. bailouts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee asked the chief executives of six airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways a...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine doses going to Ukraine, Bangladesh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent 2 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine via the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program on Friday, a White House official said, and p...
Jul 16, 2021
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