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EU maps proposed share-out of emissions targets between countries
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a template for sharing out the burden of cutting greenhouse gas emissions within the EU, setting out national targets ...
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Clubhouse launches direct messages feature ‘Backchannel’
(Reuters) - Social audio app Clubhouse launched a direct messaging feature on Wednesday called 'Backchannel' to allow one-to-one and group text chats. The invite-only app, which saw explosive early gr...
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Golf-British Open players just happy to be back
By Ed Osmond SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Predicting the winner of a major championship is notoriously difficult but for the 156 players who will tee off at the British Open on Thursday the most impo...
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Facebook and Instagram will invest over $1 billion in content creators
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will invest over $1 billion to support content creators through the end of 2022, the social media giant said Wednesday, as it aims to compete with platforms like TikTok and Yo...
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Risk of ‘catastrophic’ coronavirus surge in Middle East – WHO
CAIRO (Reuters) - A surge of coronavirus cases in several Middle Eastern countries could have dire consequences, aggravated by the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccine availability, the World H...
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Peoria City Council discusses ongoing gun violence
PEORIA, Ill. — Violence in Peoria has been a main topic of conversation, especially after the 17th homicide of the year occurred Monday. Council member Denise Jackson, of the 1st District, addre...
Dalton Kemper Jul 14, 2021
Over two million Americans sign up for Obamacare under Biden drive
(Reuters) - More than two million Americans have signed up for an Obamacare health insurance plan during a special enrollment period opened by President Joe Biden during the COVID-19 pandemic, accordi...
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German privacy body probes German lab’s use of BGI prenatal tests
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - One of Germany's regional data protection regulators on Wednesday said it was probing lab operator Eluthia GmbH's use of Chinese gene company BGI Group's prenatal blood tests and...
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Netherlands to reimpose work-from-home as infections soar – Rutte
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will reimpose work-from-home guidelines due to soaring COVID-19 infections, just weeks after lifting them, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told parliament on Wedn...
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Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report
By Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin SAO PAULO/BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 3...
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