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Rockets hit near U.S. forces and contractors in Iraq in separate attacks -officials
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Rockets hit near U.S. forces and contractors in Iraq on Wednesday, including an air base north of Baghdad and a military base at Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi army and s...
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Canada will soon crack down on online hate in wake of fatal attack -minister
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will soon unveil measures to crack down on online extremism following the killing of a Muslim family, a crime that police said was inspired by hate, a gove...
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Analysis-Biden ambitions on infrastructure, voting, guns hit Washington buzz saw
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President Joe Biden embarked on his first foreign trip on Wednesday, leaving behind an uncertain domestic agenda with many of his most ambitious pledges on the U.S. econ...
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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ expected to plead guilty in federal court Thurs
By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Emma Coronel Aispuro, is expected to plead guilty on Thursday in Washington, where s...
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U.S. talking with Moderna to buy COVID-19 vaccine for global supply – CNBC
(Reuters) - The United States is in talks with drugmaker Moderna Inc to buy more COVID-19 vaccine doses for global supply, CNBC reported on Wednesday citing a source. Moderna was not immediately avail...
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Bitcoin rises 8.5 percent to $36,265
(Reuters) - Bitcoin surged 8.54 % to $36,265 on Wednesday, adding $2,853.31 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 30.8% from the year's low of $27,73...
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Local COVID roundup 6/9: 24-hour death count high, new cases dwindle
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria and Woodford Counties between Tuesday and Wednesday lost two residents, apiece, to COVID-19 complications. In Peoria, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s died. Both Woo...
Jeremy Scott Jun 09, 2021
Russia declares Navalny’s groups ‘extremist’ in ongoing crackdown -lawyers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday approved a request by prosecutors to declare organisations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny "extremist" in a move that outlaws the groups,...
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GameStop taps two Amazon executives as CEO, CFO
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Noel Randewich and Eva Mathews (Reuters) -GameStop on Wednesday named two Amazon executives as its chief executive and chief financial officer, the biggest changes at the once-...
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Turkey optimistic about Erdogan-Biden meeting at NATO summit -minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is hoping that a meeting between President Tayyip Erdogan and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden at next week's NATO summit will yield positive results, Foreign Minister Mevlut C...
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