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Advocates welcome Taliban decree barring forced marriages but call for more
By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A decree released by the Taliban barring forced marriage was a major step forward, two leading Afghan women said on Friday, but questions remained about w...
Dec 03, 2021
Smoke-tainted California grapes find new life as vodka
By Nathan Frandino NAPA, Calif. (Reuters) - As wildfires covered California's wine country skies in smoke in 2020, Nicolas Quille feared the worst for his grapes. He remembered how the smoke gave his ...
Dec 03, 2021
PayPal says ‘buy now, pay later’ volumes surged 400% on Black Friday
By Rachel Armstrong LONDON (Reuters) - Volumes on PayPal Inc's 'buy now, pay later' platform were five times higher this Black Friday compared with a year earlier as the payments giant starts to gain ...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. Treasury says Vietnam, Taiwan exceed currency thresholds, but no manipulator labels
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said Vietnam and Taiwan continued to exceed its thresholds for possible currency manipulation and enhanced analysis...
Dec 03, 2021
Instant view: US November payrolls rise falls far short
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased far less than expected in November, likely as millions of unemployed Americans remained home despite companies boosting wages, generous jobless benefits ...
Dec 03, 2021
Kremlin says it has date for new Putin-Biden talks, waiting for U.S. approval
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia and the United States had a tentative date and time for a video summit between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden in the coming days, but that Mosco...
Dec 03, 2021
Instant View: Canada reports bumper job gains, unemployment rate dips to 6.0%
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian economy added a net 153,700 jobs in November, beating expectations, and the jobless rate slipped to 6.0% from 6.7% in October, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Econom...
Dec 03, 2021
Canada posts hefty job gain, unemployment rate dips to 6.0%
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's economy posted an unexpectedly large job gain in November, while the jobless rate dropped to a new pandemic low and hours worked returned to pre-pandemic levels, data showed...
Dec 03, 2021
Sri Lankan manager killed by mob of workers at Pakistan garment factory
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A mob of employees at a garment factory in eastern Pakistan tortured and killed their Sri Lankan manager on Friday and set his body on fire, authorities said, over what po...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. diplomat says not asking Asian allies to choose Washington over Beijing
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat for Asia on Friday said Washington is not asking its allies to choose between it and China, promoting instead a shared vision of a rules-based order "where la...
Dec 03, 2021
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