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U.S. June budget deficit falls to $174 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a June deficit of $174 billion, about a fifth of the June 2020 deficit of $864 billion, as a rebound in the labor market and an earlier tax deadline t...
Jul 13, 2021
Analysis: Investors pivot to Powell after more hot U.S. inflation data
By Lewis Krauskopf and David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The biggest rise in U.S. consumer prices in 13 years has intensified investor focus on messaging from the Federal Reserve, with the central ba...
Jul 13, 2021
Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime win dismissal of Roy Moore defamation lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sacha Baron Cohen on Tuesday won the dismissal of a $95 million defamation lawsuit by Roy Moore, a former U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, who claimed he was...
Jul 13, 2021
White House teams with pop star Rodrigo to push vaccinations for young people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Singer and actress Olivia Rodrigo will visit President Joe Biden and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci at the White House on Wednesday to record videos encouraging you...
Jul 13, 2021
Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi discuss Uyghurs in phone call -Turkish presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday it was important to Turkey that Uyghur Muslims live in peace as "equal citizens of China" but sai...
Jul 13, 2021
BHP’s Cerro Colorado to start from scratch on environmental plan, court rules
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - BHP's Cerro Colorado copper mine must start again from scratch on an environmental plan for a key mine maintenance project, a Chilean court ruled on Tuesday, though the company sa...
Jul 13, 2021
Chicago banker convicted of bribing Paul Manafort
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury in Manhattan convicted the former chief of a Chicago bank on charges he approved millions of dollars of risky loans to Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Pr...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden’s Vietnam ambassador nominee vows to press Hanoi on rights, trade
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Vietnam vowed at his Senate nomination hearing on Tuesday to boost security ties with Hanoi w...
Jul 13, 2021
Jailed transgender women in Cameroon to be released pending appeal
DOUALA (Reuters) - Two transgender women in Cameroon convicted in May of "attempted homosexuality" were ordered released from prison on Tuesday until a court hears their appeal, their lawyer said. Sha...
Jul 13, 2021
UAE’s flydubai cuts Boeing 737 MAX order by 65
DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates airline flydubai said on Tuesday it had agreed with Boeing to cut the number of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft it will take delivery of by 65 to 172, a spokesperson sai...
Jul 13, 2021
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