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Burundi launches COVID-19 vaccination drive
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi on Monday rolled out its first COVID-19 vaccines, months after most African countries, the latest step in the East African nation's shift towards a more active approach t...
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Walmart-backed Symbotic in talks to merge with SoftBank SPAC in $4.5 billion deal – Sky News
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc-backed robotics and automation company Symbotic is in talks to merge with a blank-check vehicle backed by SoftBank Group Corp in a deal that would value the combined firm at $4...
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Record haul of cocaine seized from sailboat off Portugal’s coast
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira ALMADA, Portugal (Reuters) - Portuguese and Spanish authorities have seized 5.2 tonnes of cocaine from a sailboat on the high seas and arrested three suspects, in...
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Venezuela envoy Alex Saab to be arraigned in U.S. court on money laundering charges
(Reuters) - Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government, will be arraigned in Florida federal court on Monday, in a case that pits the United States agains...
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Chip tech firm Arm plans to slash development time for connected devices
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm in the midst of a $54 billion takeover by Nvidia Corp, on Monday announced tools aimed at cutting the development ...
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Egyptian activists appear in court following two-year detention
CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and two others on charges of spreading fake news began on Monday, a judicial source said, following their detention for mor...
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Pritzker: Abortions, electric vehicles could come up during Fall Veto Session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Governor JB Pritzker has some definite things he’d like to see taken care of when the fall veto session begins in Springfield Tuesday. Pritzker made an amendatory veto ...
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Jury selection to start in trial over killing of Black jogger in Georgia
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Glynn County in coastal Georgia said potential j...
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U.S. Energy Dept announces $105 million for small businesses to pursue clean energy deployment
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $105 million in funding for small businesses to pursue the deployment of clean energy technologies. The projects range from energy technology an...
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Lebanon tensions test Hezbollah-Aoun alliance
By Maha El Dahan and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Worsening sectarian tensions in Lebanon are testing an alliance between Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian ally President Michel Aoun, who may lose g...
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