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Around 1,000 Afghans receive permission to travel to Russia – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has allowed around 1,000 Afghans to enter the country from Afghanistan after its rapid takeover by the Taliban, RIA news agency reported, citing a Moscow-based organization o...
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Germany to help Afghans seeking to leave beyond Aug. 31 deadline – Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will try to help Afghans who worked with its soldiers and aid organisations and wish to leave Afghanistan even after an Aug. 31 deadline to end a U.S.-led military evacuatio...
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Analysis-Higher U.S. food benefits give legs to dollar stores’ fresh food push
By Richa Naidu and Aishwarya Venugopal CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. dollar stores including Dollar General and Family Dollar are likely to see a sales and earnings boost from the Biden administration's pl...
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EU extends deadline on Facebook’s Kustomer deal to Jan. 7
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide on Jan. 7 whether to clear Facebook's purchase of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer, a European Commission filing showed on Wednesday, ext...
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Exclusive-Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources
By Makiko Yamazaki and Scott Murdoch TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is in talks with at least four global private equity firms including KKR & Co Inc and Blackstone Inc to seek their ideas f...
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Storms cause outages in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. — A cluster of strong thunderstorms that moved through the Peoria metro area Tuesday night caused some power outages. Early Wednesday morning, the Ameren Illinois Outage Map showed ...
Julia Bradley Aug 25, 2021
Emergent’s COVID-19 plasma therapy to be tested in NIH-sponsored study
(Reuters) -The National Institutes of Health has initiated a late-stage study to test plasma-derived COVID-19 therapies including Emergent BioSolutions Inc's candidate for those at high risk of diseas...
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National Bank of Canada third-quarter profit beats expectations
TORONTO (Reuters) - National Bank of Canada beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the bank reversed earlier provisions for credit losses and saw strong performance across busi...
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Hands-on experience as pianists learn to play with robot thumb
By Stuart McDill LONDON (Reuters) - How would pianists cope with suddenly having two thumbs on one hand? Would their brains become scrambled or would the extra digit add a new dimension to their playi...
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Xiaomi second quarter revenue surges 64% year on year as phone sales rise
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Xiaomi Corp posted second-quarter revenue of 87.8 billion yuan on Wednesday, up 64% year on year and above analyst expectations, as the company grew its market share in the...
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