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Biden taps former senator Udall to be U.S. ambassador to New Zealand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Tom Udall, a former U.S. senator who represented New Mexico, to be U.S. ambassador to New Zealand, the White House said on Friday. (Report...
Jul 16, 2021
Iraqi TV shows suspect confess to murdering prominent advisor
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi state television aired a video on Friday in which a police officer said he led a group that gunned down well-known analyst and government advisor Hisham al-Hashemi a year ago...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. appeals court rules in favor of environmental groups in biofuel case
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday in favor of environmental groups who argued against the U.S. government's conclus...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. administers 336.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 336,604,158 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 389,359,835 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jul 16, 2021
FDA investigating carcinogen found in recalled J&J sunscreen products
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it is investigating the root cause of a cancer-causing chemical found in some of Johnson & Johnson's recalled sunscreen products. The d...
Jul 16, 2021
Censorship circumvention tool helps 1.4 million Cubans get internet access
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Psiphon Inc's freely available internet censorship circumvention tool has about helped nearly 1.4 million Cubans this week gain access to websites, the compa...
Jul 16, 2021
Lebanon’s army chief says situation worsening, urges need for chaos prevention
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army chief General Joseph Aoun said on Friday the situation in the country was worsening and would further escalate as a financial crisis stokes political and social tensi...
Jul 16, 2021
Spain struggles to contain COVID-19 as contagion rate rises
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's two-week coronavirus contagion rate rose to 537 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on Friday, according to health ministry data, as the country struggled to cope with a surge in ...
Jul 16, 2021
Salvadoran soldiers charged with deaths of four Dutch reporters in 1982
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Human rights organizations on Friday filed a criminal complaint against 25 El Salvadoran soldiers and an officer, accusing them of the murder of four Dutch ...
Jul 16, 2021
UK court allows lawsuit against Dechert over Indian hacking allegations
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - A Missouri businessman can sue Dechert LLP over his claim that the international law firm helped mastermind the hack and leak of his emails, a British court ruled on Frid...
Jul 16, 2021
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