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EU set to knock Japan off its safe travel list – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is likely to remove Japan and five other countries from its list of safe travel destinations, meaning visitors or people returning from those countries could fa...
Sep 07, 2021
Britain reports 209 daily deaths from COVID, highest since March
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday reported 209 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Tuesday, the highest daily total since March 9, government statistics showed. Cases have been ri...
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. workers are changing jobs more often and demanding better wages – NY Fed survey
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - More U.S. workers are switching jobs and asking for higher wages as the labor market continues to heal from the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a ...
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. FDA to review use of GBT’s blood disorder therapy in children
(Reuters) - Global Blood Therapeutics Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted priority review for two applications related to its treatment for sickle cell disease in chi...
Sep 07, 2021
Taliban name new Afghan government amid protests in Kabul
(Reuters) - The Taliban named Mullah Hassan Akhund, an associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as the head of Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, with Mullah Abul Ghani Baradar, hea...
Sep 07, 2021
Film shines light on Mexican sweatshops at Venice festival
By Silvia Aloisi and Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) - "The Box", a Mexican movie competing for the top award at the Venice Film Festival, takes viewers inside textile sweatshops to shine a light on la...
Sep 07, 2021
In 1929 letter, Churchill ponders ‘pleasing and profitable’ pursuits outside politics
(Reuters) - A 1929 letter in which Winston Churchill refers to Britain's House of Commons as his "theatre" but contemplates quitting politics will go up for auction in London next week. In the type-wr...
Sep 07, 2021
IMF says crucial Chad gets debt treatment deal with private creditors
DAKAR (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it was crucial for Chad to reach comparable terms on its debt restructuring with private creditors as it did with public creditors in ...
Sep 07, 2021
Curtain Up! Broadway returns with high hopes and touch of butterflies
By Jill Serjeant and Alicia Powell (Reuters) - Broadway puts on the razzle dazzle this month after an unprecedented 18-month pandemic shutdown, hoping that Americans have missed live theatre as much a...
Sep 07, 2021
Texas governor to sign Republican-backed voting restrictions
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday is set to sign into law voting restrictions that Republican backers say are intended to combat voter fraud but that critics contend are...
Sep 07, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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