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United Airlines posts smaller quarterly loss as travel rebounds
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings on Tuesday reported a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss, helped by a recovery in travel demand. The Chicago-based carrier reported an adjusted loss...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. lawmakers say Facebook cannot be trusted to manage cryptocurrency
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A group of U.S. lawmakers said Facebook Inc cannot be trusted to manage cryptocurrency and urged the social media platform to discontinue immediately a small pilot of its...
Oct 19, 2021
Iowa Democratic Party leader says he was target of racist threats
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - The chair of the Iowa Democratic Party said on Tuesday he received racist messages and emails, including a threat of lynching, after writing an opinion piece critical o...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. captives in Haiti were helping rebuild quake-damaged homes
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - The work of U.S. and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend included helping rebuild homes following an August earthquake on the island, according to th...
Oct 19, 2021
White House and Democrats nearing deal on reconciliation package – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Democratic lawmakers are nearing deal on a framework for a major package of legislation on social programs and climate change that could be announced in comi...
Oct 19, 2021
Ecuador’s Lasso is demonstrating democracy can deliver, U.S.’s Blinken says
By Simon Lewis and Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso is demonstrating that democracy can deliver real results for people, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...
Oct 19, 2021
Biden picks career diplomat for top posting in Pakistan
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Donald Blome, currently ambassador to Tunisia, as his top diplomat in Pakistan as Washington works to manage the s...
Oct 19, 2021
Snowboarding-White wears age as ‘badge of honour’ in pursuit of fifth Games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - In a sport where youth can trump experience, three-time Olympic gold medal-winning snowboarder Shaun White wears his age as a "badge of honour" as he vies to compete at a fi...
Oct 19, 2021
Democrats pitch scaled-down U.S. bank tax reporting requirement
By Pete Schroeder and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a scaled-down version of a proposal to crack down on wealthy tax cheats after intense bank lobbying,...
Oct 19, 2021
IMF chief economist Gopinath to leave Fund, return to Harvard in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath will return to Harvard University in January as planned when her public service leave of absence from the university en...
Oct 19, 2021
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