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Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to reject Harvard affirmative action case
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decline to hear a case against Harvard University challenging the ability of i...
Dec 08, 2021
Mexico posts 289 more COVID-19 deaths, bringing toll to 295,893
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 289 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll since the pandemic began to 295,893. The number of infections ha...
Dec 08, 2021
Few Europeans want a return to 9-5 at office after pandemic, survey shows
BERLIN (Reuters) - Only 14% of European workers want to return to the office 9-5, and more than half say they have become more productive as a result of working from home, which has boomed amid COVID-...
Dec 08, 2021
U.S. House passes measure clamping down on products from China’s Xinjiang region
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, one of three ...
Dec 08, 2021
Lack of homes for sale in UK keeps up pressure on prices – RICS
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Britain putting their home up for sale fell for an eighth month in a row in November, placing further upward pressure on house prices, the ...
Dec 08, 2021
Ransomware attack on Australian utility claimed by Russian-speaking criminals
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the most prolific Russian-speaking ransomware gangs has claimed credit for a weekend attack on an Australian electric utility serving millions of people...
Dec 08, 2021
Mining companies express worry over Ecuador court ruling
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's mining industry is threatened by legal uncertainty, the sector's guild said on Wednesday, citing a decision by the country's top court to withdraw env...
Dec 08, 2021
Robbie Shakespeare of reggae duo Sly and Robbie dies at 68
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare, the Jamaican bass guitarist best known as half of the reggae and dub duo Sly and Robbie, died on Wednesday, Jamaica's culture ministe...
Dec 08, 2021
Texas school district reviewing over 400 books, pulls them from library shelves
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A San Antonio, Texas, school district has removed over 400 books from library shelves, works included on a list that a conservative state lawmaker has said ma...
Dec 08, 2021
UNICEF warns of malnutrition and disease risk for migrant children in Mexican camp
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of migrant children and adolescents living in a makeshift camp in southern Mexico are at risk of malnutrition, disease and potentially being separated...
Dec 08, 2021
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