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U.S. concerned by “coercive” Chinese actions in Taiwan strait, Biden tells summit
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday told a summit of East Asian leaders his country was deeply concerned by China's "coercive and proactive actions" across the Taiwan Strait, calling it ...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. consumer watchdog lays out ambitious agenda to eye Big Tech, lending competition
By Katanga Johnson and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief consumer finance watchdog Rohit Chopra told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday his agency wants to minimize foreclosures on struggling Ameri...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S. issues first passport with “X” gender marker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had issued the first U.S. passport with an "X" gender marker, designed to give non-binary, intersex and gender non-conforming peop...
Oct 27, 2021
Demand spike is behind perception of shortages – WTO economist
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Global bottlenecks are a result of a huge demand spike rather than fundamental problems in the supply chain, the WTO's chief economist said on Wednesday, in a...
Oct 27, 2021
Dutch prosecutors investigate 33 deaths in ‘suicide powder’ case
By Reuters Staff THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch authorities are investigating 33 suspected deaths of people who bought a "suicide powder" from a member of a right-to-die group in the Netherlands, prosecu...
Oct 27, 2021
Italian upper house Senate brings down LGBT+ protection bill
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Senate voted on Wednesday to block debate over a bill that would make violence against women and LGBT+ people a hate crime, effectively killing off a prop...
Oct 27, 2021
Lebanon says minister’s comments on Yemen war are not policy
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese government sought to avert diplomatic fallout from comments made by the information minister before he took office that were critical of the Saudi-led military interven...
Oct 27, 2021
U.S., Turkish presidential advisers discuss defense relationship, disagreements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday about a range of issues including how to resolve disagreements, the White House ...
Oct 27, 2021
Young Saudi whose death sentence was commuted leaves jail
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi authorities on Wednesday freed a young Shi'ite Muslim whose death sentence had been commuted to 10 years in prison under recent legislative reforms, his father said in a Twitte...
Oct 27, 2021
Manchin says everyone in U.S. should pay ‘patriotic tax’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday that people in the United States should pay a "patriotic tax" of 15% if they ended up with zero tax liability. Manchin, speaking...
Oct 27, 2021
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