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Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors stick to stocks, but gear up for bumpier ride
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are preparing for a rockier ride ahead for markets, as worries over slowing growth, a looming rollback of the Federal Reserve's easy money policies ...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. transportation agency requires face masks on planes, trains, buses through Jan 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Friday extended its requirements that people wear face masks on planes, buses and trains, as well as in airports, through Jan....
Aug 20, 2021
UAE to temporarily host 5,000 Afghans at U.S. request
DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has agreed to host 5,000 Afghan nationals to be evacuated from their country for 10 days on their way to a third country at the request of the United States, ...
Aug 20, 2021
Cowering in the bathroom: Some Afghans dread the Taliban knock at the door
By Charlotte Greenfield and James Mackenzie (Reuters) - When armed members of the Afghan Taliban knocked on the door of their Kabul apartment, the family of 16 inside had crammed into the bathroom, tu...
Aug 20, 2021
Biden says he cannot promise what final outcome will be in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday a large evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan is a risky operation and he cannot guarantee the final outcome. Biden,...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. appeals court panel rejects latest bid to halt CDC eviction moratorium
By Jan Wolfe and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by groups representing landlords to halt the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction morat...
Aug 20, 2021
Kenyan appeals court upholds order to halt president’s constitutional changes
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a decision to stop President Uhuru Kenyatta from making broad constitutional changes, limiting his ability to prevent his estranged ...
Aug 20, 2021
EU expects key data on Novavax vaccine around October – source
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union expects Novavax to submit data needed for the possible approval of its COVID-19 vaccine around October, an EU official told Reuters on Fr...
Aug 20, 2021
Doping-WADA revokes accreditation of Athens anti-doping lab
(Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday it has revoked the accreditation of the Athens anti-doping laboratory due to non-compliance. WADA said the lab, which it initially suspen...
Aug 20, 2021
Belgium, except for Brussels, to scrap COVID restrictions on restaurants, cafes
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will scrap COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and cafes, allowing them to operate under their usual hours as part of the government's reopening plan and ...
Aug 20, 2021
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