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Firefighters evacuate towns outside Jerusalem as wildfire blazes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Firefighters battling a wildfire in wooded hills outside Jerusalem evacuated more small communities on Monday as planes and crews fought flames for a second day. The blaze some 1...
Aug 16, 2021
Walmart, Target to see sales boost as kids head to school
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Richa Naidu (Reuters) - U.S. big box retailers Walmart and Target are expected to see higher sales when they report quarterly results this week as parents buy clothes and ba...
Aug 16, 2021
Russia says it has set up contacts with new Afghan authorities to secure its embassy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has set up working contacts with representatives of the new authorities in Afghanistan to ensure the safety of the Russian embassy in Kabul, the foreign ministry said on Mond...
Aug 16, 2021
Poland to send 650,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will send 650,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine on Tuesday, the minister in charge of the Polish vaccination drive told state news agency PAP. One of E...
Aug 16, 2021
Belgium to send military planes to Kabul for evacuation – Belga
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Belgian citizens and Afghan staff, news agency Belga reported on Monday. Foreign affairs minister Sophie Wilmes told Belgian...
Aug 16, 2021
Aldi to hire more than 20,000 U.S. workers ahead of holiday season
(Reuters) - Grocery chain Aldi said on Monday it is hiring more than 20,000 new workers and raising its wages in the United States as it gets ready for the busy holiday season at a time when retailers...
Aug 16, 2021
U.N. chief urges Security Council to protect human rights in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Security Council on Monday to "use all tools at its disposal to suppress the global terrorist threat in Afgha...
Aug 16, 2021
New York Assembly to release report on Cuomo investigation
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawmakers in the New York State Assembly will issue a report on their investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo after abandoning an impeachment effort in light of ...
Aug 16, 2021
Tropical Storm Fred bears down on Florida, shutting schools
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fred picked up speed and strength early on Monday as it bore down on the Florida Panhandle, prompting some schools in the western part of the state to cancel classes and aft...
Aug 16, 2021
Polish appeals court dismisses claims against Holocaust book historians
WARSAW (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled on Monday that two historians accused of tarnishing the memory of a Polish villager in a book about the Holocaust need not apologise, overturning a lower cour...
Aug 16, 2021
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