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U.S. Justice Dept calls state laws restricting trans rights unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday made its most forceful statement against a wave of Republican-backed state laws that restrict transgender rights, saying measures introdu...
Jun 17, 2021
Drop in Havana COVID-19 cases boosts hopes Cuban vaccines working
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections have halved in Havana since authorities started administering Cuba's experimental vaccines en masse in the capital a month ago, official data s...
Jun 17, 2021
UK seeks further three-month ‘grace period’ in EU sausage spat
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain asked the European Union on Thursday for a further three months to resolve a dispute over whether chilled meat products such as sausages, produced in the m...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. requires embassy staff in Afghanistan to telework amid COVID-19 outbreak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff in the U.S. embassy in Kabul are being required to telework, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday, citing a "significant outbreak of COVID-19" that has si...
Jun 17, 2021
Greek man confesses to killing wife after earlier blaming intruders
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek man who claimed thieves broke in and strangled his wife in front of their 11-month-old child, has confessed to the murder, police said on Thursday, just over a month after he ...
Jun 17, 2021
Mexico’s coronavirus death toll climbs to 230,792
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico recorded 4,253 new confirmed coronavirus cases and an additional 168 deaths on Thursday, according to Health Ministry data, bringing the total number of cases to 2...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Black workers still earning less than whites – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black workers in the United States continue to earn less than their white counterparts even as American companies are raising diversity and inclusion as a cornerstone of their b...
Jun 17, 2021
Analysis: As Fed wakes sleeping dollar, jolted bears may bolster gains
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Saikat Chatterjee (Reuters) - A hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve has woken up a slumbering dollar, sending the U.S. currency to its highest level in months and stoking e...
Jun 17, 2021
Canada PM Trudeau nominates first judge of color to sit on Supreme Court
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday made history by nominating the first judge of color to sit on the country's Supreme Court, which has only ever had white justices ...
Jun 17, 2021
Tennis-Osaka pulls out of Wimbledon but aims for Olympics
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Wimbledon championships starting this month for personal reasons but her agent said on Thursday that the world number two will be ready fo...
Jun 17, 2021
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