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Soccer-Atletico Madrid need win at rivals Real to boost title tilt
By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid will be desperate to beat runaway leaders Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to revive their bid for a second consecutive Spanish le...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2021
Ukraine raises rate to 9% as inflation and Russia conflict risks weigh
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank raised its main interest rate to 9% from 8.5% on Thursday and stood ready to tighten monetary policy again as it warned about the risk of a mi...
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Virginia Republican governor-elect pledges to remove state from regional carbon market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virginia's Republican Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin this week pledged to remove the state from a regional cap and trade carbon market using "executive action." Virginia passed a...
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Swiss father ends climate hunger strike after 39 days
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss father of three ended a 39-day hunger strike on Thursday aimed at raising awareness of climate change in Swiss parliament, claiming victory after scientists announced they w...
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Swiss court overturns conviction of doctor who aided healthy woman’s suicide
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's supreme court has overturned the conviction of a Geneva doctor who helped a healthy 86-year-old woman commit suicide so she would not have to outlive her dying husband...
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Severe illness in S.Africa’s Omicron outbreak lower than in past waves-initial data
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Early hospital data from South Africa shows less than a third of patients admitted for COVID-19 during the latest wave linked to the Omicron variant are suffering severe illne...
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Social media platforms jeopardise elections, Nobel Peace laureate Ressa says
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Elections worldwide cannot be conducted with integrity as long as social media platforms amplify lies over facts, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa said on T...
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Exclusive: Activist investor Macellum prepares Kohl’s board challenge -sources
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Macellum Advisors GP LLC is planning to nominate directors to Kohl's Corp's board because it believes the U.S. retailer has not done eno...
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UK’s Conservatives fined over donation for refurbishment of PM’s home
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's governing Conservative Party was fined 17,800 pounds ($23,500) by the electoral watchdog on Thursday for failing to accurately report a donation which h...
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German vaccine body recommends COVID shot for some under-12s
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's vaccination advisory commission STIKO recommended on Thursday that Pfizer-BioNTech's, COVID-19 is given to children aged five to 11 with pre-existing conditions and said o...
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