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Dollar holds firm near 4-month high on Fed tapering bets
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held firm on Friday, staying near its highest level in four months against a basket of currencies as investors looked for more hints from the Federal Rese...
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Thailand reports second day of record coronavirus cases
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported on Friday 23,418 new coronavirus infections, a record increase for a second day in a row, bringing the total accumulated cases to 863,189, as the country deals wi...
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Tokyo Paralympics to be held without spectators -reports
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held mostly without spectators, as Japan's capital remains under emergency lockdown amid a surge in novel coronavirus infections, local media repor...
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Australia concerned over year-long detention of journalist Cheng Lei
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government is seriously concerned about the detention and welfare of an Australian journalist who has been held in Beijing for one year, foreign minister Marise Payne...
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Fed to unveil bond-buying taper plan next month; jobless rate to fall slowly: Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh and Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will announce a plan to taper its asset purchases in September, according to a solid majority of economists polled by Reu...
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China cities declare rain ‘red alerts’ amid power cuts, floods
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Five cities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have declared "red alerts" after torrential rain caused power cuts and destroyed homes, forcing the evacuation of nearly 6,000...
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U.S. administers 353.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 353,859,894 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 411,253,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Brazil’s Supreme Court judge opens probe into Bolsonaro over investigation leak
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre Moraes on Thursday opened a probe into right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for posting documents to social med...
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U.S. shipping more than 560,000 COVID vaccines to Caribbean countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has started shipping nearly 569,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the U.S. State Department said on T...
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AT&T to require management employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Thursday it will require management employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering a work location, amid growing concerns about the Delta variant of the virus...
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