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Morocco wants strong ties with Spain after diplomatic rift -king says
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is keen to strengthen ties with Spain after a rift between the two countries this spring, Moroccan King Mohammed said on Friday, though he added the crisis had shaken mutual ...
Aug 20, 2021
Factbox-Major U.S. companies making masks, vaccines mandatory
(Reuters) - The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires fully vacci...
Aug 20, 2021
New state laws protect domestic violence survivors
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed seven pieces of legislation to address domestic violence and remove some of the obstacles survivors face. The laws include protections for ...
Aug 20, 2021
InfoWars host charged with breaching U.S. Capitol grounds in riot
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged a Texas man who hosts a talk show tied to the conspiracy-theory website InfoWars with unlawfully breaching the U.S. Capitol grounds du...
Aug 20, 2021
Brazil has 870 COVID deaths in 24 hours, lowest Friday toll since Jan 1 -ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 33,887 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 870 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Friday. The South American countr...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. FDA aims to give full nod to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday -New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, the New York Times reported on Friday. Regulators had been working ...
Aug 20, 2021
Brazil soy group chief a target in political conspiracy probe -documents
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Antonio Galvan, head of soybean grower lobby Aprosoja, is part of a group of 10 people under investigation for their alleged role in a conspiracy against Brazilian insti...
Aug 20, 2021
‘We have hours’ – U.S. army captain pushes for rescue of Afghan interpreter
By Dan Fastenberg (Reuters) - Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpret...
Aug 20, 2021
GM recalling 73,000 Bolt EVs at cost of $1 billion, halts sales
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Friday it will recall about 73,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles at a cost of $1 billion to address fire risks and indefinitely ...
Aug 20, 2021
Taliban websites disappear from internet; reason unclear
(Reuters) - The official websites of the Taliban, who swept to power in Afghanistan on the back of lightning offensive last week, appeared to have vanished from the internet late on Friday. It was not...
Aug 20, 2021
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