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U.S. administers 331.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 331,651,464 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures ar...
Jul 07, 2021
Tennis-Shapovalov finding perfect balance between risk and reward
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Since his junior days Denis Shapovalov has always been a risk-taker on court, preferring to win a match off his own racket rather play the percentages and wait for ...
Jul 07, 2021
Taliban looted, torched Afghan homes after evicting residents: Human Rights Watch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan last month evicted families and looted and torched their homes in apparent retaliation for cooperating with the Kabul government, Human ...
Jul 07, 2021
Factbox-Six things to know about the Pentagon’s defunct JEDI contract
(Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department canceled its $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing project this week, reversing the Trump-era award to Microsoft Corp and announcing a new contract expected to inclu...
Jul 07, 2021
Iran says concern over its enriched uranium metal process is “unnecessary”
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's decision to produce uranium metal enriched to 20% purity is solely for peaceful purposes, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding that Tehran will r...
Jul 07, 2021
Argentina seeks sanctions against oil firms drilling near disputed Falklands
By Agustin Geist BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government has launched a process to sanction a number of foreign firms it accuses of illegally drilling for oil in a disputed area near the Briti...
Jul 07, 2021
June FOMC minutes don’t much alter taper narrative
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials last month felt that substantial further progress on the economic recovery "was generally seen as not having yet been met," though participants expected ...
Jul 07, 2021
Tunisia pushing U.N. action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tunisia has proposed the U.N. Security Council push for a binding agreement between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on the operation of a giant hydropower dam within...
Jul 07, 2021
Minutes of Federal Reserve June 15-16 policy meeting
(Reuters) - Discussion of Repurchase Agreement Arrangements Participants resumed their discussion from the April 2021 FOMC meeting of considerations related to the establishment of a domestic standing...
Jul 07, 2021
Biden to host Jordan’s King Abdullah July 19: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host King Abdullah of Jordan at the White House on July 19, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden reaffirmed strong U.S. support for the monarch...
Jul 07, 2021
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