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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes central California -EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central California on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, adding the quake had a depth of 10 kms (6.21 miles). (Reporti...
Jul 08, 2021
UK’s Sunak calls for progress on global tax deal at G20 gathering
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak called for progress on a global deal to agree a minimum corporate tax rate and how to split revenue from large multinationals, as finance minist...
Jul 08, 2021
Big Salvadoran majority skeptical of bitcoin as standard currency: poll
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - In a snub to El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, more than three-quarters of Salvadorans are skeptical of the maverick leader's push to adopt the cryptocurrency bitcoin as p...
Jul 08, 2021
Mexico reports over 9,400 new COVID-19 infections as cases jump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico reported 9,452 new confirmed COVID-19 infections on Thursday, according to data from the health ministry, as case numbers continued to rise this week amid signs of a res...
Jul 08, 2021
NY Fed terminates commercial paper funding facility
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced on Thursday that it terminated the commercial paper funding facility, an emergency lending program launched during the pandemic to h...
Jul 08, 2021
U.N. Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council members on Thursday backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of a g...
Jul 08, 2021
All children in Britain to be offered flu shots this autumn -The Telegraph
(Reuters) - All children will be offered flu shots this autumn amid fears Britain could be facing one of the worst seasons on record, The Telegraph reported late on Thursday. The rollout will be exten...
Jul 08, 2021
Mexico, U.S. agree GM Silao union vote will be held by Aug 20: USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Mexico on Thursday agreed that a new union vote will be held at the General Motors Silao plant by Aug. 20, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (USTR) sa...
Jul 08, 2021
China open to Boeing 737 MAX test flights – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Chinese aviation officials have expressed willingness to conduct flight tests on Boeing Co's 737 MAX, potentially paving the way for the fastest-selling jet's return in China, Bloomberg Ne...
Jul 08, 2021
Brazil registers record deaths, lowest number of births for Jan-June period
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil registered the highest number of deaths and lowest number of births in the first six months of the year since comparable data was first compiled in 2003, the national asso...
Jul 08, 2021
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