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Iraq war Marine walks U.S.-Mexico border to protest deportation of veterans
By Jose Luis Gonzalez EL PASO (Reuters) - When U.S. military veteran Ramon Castro began meeting deported veterans living along the U.S.-Mexican border not far from his home in Southern California, he ...
Jul 23, 2021
NHC says 30% chance of cyclone near southeastern U.S. coast
(Reuters) - A weather system located off the southeastern U.S. coastline has a 30% chance of becoming a cyclone, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. "Environmental conditio...
Jul 23, 2021
Tech firm Cvent to go public in $5.3 billion blank-check deal
(Reuters) - Cloud-based meeting and event technology company Cvent will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal that gives it an enterprise value of $5.3 billion, the companies sa...
Jul 23, 2021
Volkswagen China sees chips crunch easing in Q3
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen expects semiconductor supply bottlenecks in China to start easing over the coming weeks and to cover the needs of the carmaker's main brand by the end of the third quarte...
Jul 23, 2021
Protest breaks out at prison in Myanmar’s biggest city
(Reuters) - A protest erupted at a prison in Myanmar's commercial capital of Yangon on Friday against what activists said was a worsening COVID-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used to hold opponents...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Israelis killed at 1972 Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) -Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a m...
Jul 23, 2021
Slovak police use teargas at protest over COVID-19 restrictions
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Riot police fired teargas at hundreds of demonstrators who blocked the entrance to Slovakia's parliament and pelted the building with eggs on Friday as deputies debated legislation ...
Jul 23, 2021
More struggling U.S. homeowners eligible for reduced payments – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeowners with certain government-backed mortgages could get their monthly payments reduced by 25% if they are still struggling to make payments, the White House said on Friday...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Judo-Algerian Nourine withdraws to avoid facing Israeli opponent
By Ece Toksabay TOKYO (Reuters) - An Algerian judoka has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics before his event starts, after the draw set him on course for a possible match-up against an Israeli. Fethi N...
Jul 23, 2021
GM to add automatic lane-change, other features to driver assistance tech
(Reuters) - General Motors said on Friday it will add new features, including hands-free automatic lane-changing, to some of its models with Super Cruise driver assistance. The automaker will introduc...
Jul 23, 2021
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