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R. Kelly accuser says she reached $200,000 settlement after herpes diagnosis
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman testified at R. Kelly's sex abuse trial on Friday that she reached a $200,000 settlement with the R&B singer after she contracted herpes. Prosecutors hav...
Sep 03, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 booster rollout to initially proceed with just Pfizer vaccine – source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S government's plan to roll out additional shots of the COVID-19 vaccine for the general public on Sept. 20 will proceed with just the Pfizer/BioNTech SE vaccine, a source f...
Sep 03, 2021
Analysis-Weak August U.S. jobs report throws doubt on Fed taper
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The weak U.S. jobs report for August complicates what had seemed a clear path for the Federal Reserve to begin trimming its bond purchases, un...
Sep 03, 2021
China, U.S. fail to reach agreement on climate change – SCMP
(Reuters) - China and the United States did not reach an agreement on climate change, with Beijing rebuffing calls to make more public pledges on climate change before a United Nations climate summit ...
Sep 03, 2021
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burns
By Bruno Kelly LABREA, Brazil (Reuters) - Thick smoke billowed above Brazil's Amazon jungle as fire tore through butchered rainforest and discarded trees littered the scorched earth like dead matchsti...
Sep 03, 2021
Olympics-NHL agrees to release players for Winter Olympics
(Reuters) -The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed to allow a break in the 2021-22 NHL regular season that will allow the world's top players to take part in next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing...
Sep 03, 2021
Major fire rages in building in Italian city Turin
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - A major fire broke out in the centre of the northern Italian city of Turin on Friday, forcing around 100 people to be evacuated from their homes, emergency services said. The ...
Sep 03, 2021
Qatar working to open humanitarian corridors to Afghanistan, official says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar is working to facilitate the opening of humanitarian corridors to get aid into Afghanistan, a Qatari foreign ministry official said on Friday. Qatar was engaging with the Talib...
Sep 03, 2021
Delta causes jump in U.S. workers sidelined in recent weeks, survey shows
(Reuters) - The number of people who were unable to work at some point over the previous four weeks or teleworked due to the COVID-19 pandemic rose in August for the first time since December, U.S. da...
Sep 03, 2021
South Africa’s top court dismisses bid to postpone local elections
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's top court on Friday dismissed an application by the Electoral Commission to postpone local elections on October 27, although it ruled the government proclamation f...
Sep 03, 2021
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