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Evacuation at UK’s Manchester Airport after suspicious package reported -spokesperson
LONDON (Reuters) - A "controlled evacuation" is taking place after a suspicious package was reported at Terminal Two of Britain's Manchester Airport, a spokesperson said. "Following a report of a susp...
Oct 19, 2021
GE mandates COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. workers
CHICAGO (Reuters) - General Electric Co has asked its U.S.-based workers to get COVID-19 shots or seek a medical or religious accommodation by Dec. 8 in order to comply with U.S. President Joe Biden's...
Oct 19, 2021
Cycling-WADA investigation finds British Cycling conducted private testing
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday that British Cycling had collected samples from riders and screened them for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone at a private laborat...
Oct 19, 2021
France’s COVID-19 hospitalisations up for the third day in a row
(Fixes wording in fourth paragraph) PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 in France went up for the third day in a row on Tuesday, a trend not seen for almost two months, ac...
Oct 19, 2021
It’s not Kanye, it’s Ye, after judge approves name change
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West has won legal approval to officially shorten his name to Ye. The 44-year-old musician, record producer and fashion entrepreneur has used Ye as his Twitter han...
Oct 19, 2021
Union Pacific, unions sue each other over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
(Reuters) - Three unions representing workers at Union Pacific Corp filed lawsuits against the U.S. railroad operator's move to make vaccines mandatory under a deadline imposed by the Biden administra...
Oct 19, 2021
Deutsche Boerse Q3 net profit up 32%, beating expectations
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Tuesday it posted a 32% rise in third-quarter net profit, a better result than analysts had expected, and it confirmed its guidan...
Oct 19, 2021
Foreign U.S. Treasury holdings rose in August but at slower pace
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries rose for a fifth straight month in August and hit a record high, but the pace of increase slowed, data from the Treasury Department showe...
Oct 19, 2021
Brazil central bank intervenes in FX market rattled by new spending
By Marcela Ayres and Jose de Castro BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's central bank on Tuesday made its first intervention in the spot currency market since March in support of the real after it almost touc...
Oct 19, 2021
French infrastructure group Vinci’s quarterly sales rise above pre-COVID levels
By Sarah Morland PARIS (Reuters) - French infrastructure group Vinci posted third-quarter sales on Tuesday that surpassed pre-pandemic levels, helped by a ramp-up in public works and more traffic on i...
Oct 19, 2021
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