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Brazil registers record deaths, lowest number of births for Jan-June period
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil registered the highest number of deaths and lowest number of births in the first six months of the year since comparable data was first compiled in 2003, the national asso...
Jul 08, 2021
U.S. Treasury auctions to provide demand ‘gut check’ as yields fall
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) - Spiking prices for U.S. Treasuries that have sent yields to five-month lows could test demand for $62 billion of longer-term government debt due to be auctioned nex...
Jul 08, 2021
Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize booster dose of COVID vaccine as Delta variant spreads
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc plans to ask U.S. regulators to authorize a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday,...
Jul 08, 2021
St. Jude Medical to pay $27 million to settle allegations over heart devices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -St. Jude Medical, which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2017, has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations it knowingly sold defective heart devices, the U.S. Justi...
Jul 08, 2021
Exclusive: Online payments firm Stripe takes first step toward blockbuster listing -sources
By Anirban Sen and Echo Wang (Reuters) - Digital payments processor Stripe Inc, the most valuable U.S. technology startup, has taken its first major step toward a stock market debut by hiring a law fi...
Jul 08, 2021
Windstorm in Gambia kills 10, displaces hundreds, government says
(Refiles to correct reporting credit) By Pap Saine BANJUL (Reuters) -Entire families wandered around the outskirts of Gambia's capital Banjul in search of shelter on Thursday, after an overnight winds...
Jul 08, 2021
Libya closes borders with Tunisia for a week due to rise in coronavirus cases
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's new unity government on Thursday announced it was closing its borders with Tunisia for a week due to the rise in coronavirus cases in the neighboring country, a government ...
Jul 08, 2021
Motor racing-South Africa, S Korea added to 16-race new Formula E season
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cape Town, Vancouver and Seoul have been added to the new season of Formula E, the all-electric racing series that will grow to a record 16-race championship in 2021/22, according...
Jul 08, 2021
Pentagon ‘deeply concerned’ by recent attacks on personnel in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it was deeply concerned about a series of attacks on U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria in recent days. U.S. diplomats and troops in Iraq and Syria w...
Jul 08, 2021
Levi Strauss forecasts profit above estimates as apparel demand bounces back
(Reuters) -Levi Strauss & Co forecast fiscal 2021 profit above market estimates on Thursday as the apparel maker benefits from higher demand for its jeans, tops, and jackets from customers returning t...
Jul 08, 2021
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