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U.S. mortgage application volumes at lowest since early 2020 -MBA
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - The number of applications for home mortgages decreased last week to the lowest level since early 2020, dampened by declines in refinancing activity and purchase applications...
Jul 07, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says may not accept 2022 election under current voting system
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he may not accept the result of the 2022 presidential election if the current voting system, which uses modern computer votes, ...
Jul 07, 2021
Turkey, U.S. defence ministers had ‘constructive and positive’ meeting on Kabul airport
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday had a "constructive and positive meeting" to discuss a plan for Turkey to operate and guard K...
Jul 07, 2021
Russia detains medical worker for selling fake vaccine certificates
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police said on Wednesday they had detained a health worker in the Kaliningrad region for allegedly selling fake coronavirus vaccination certificates. Moscow and several Russ...
Jul 07, 2021
Ahmed Jibril, founder of pro-Syrian Palestinian guerrilla faction, dies at 83
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ahmed Jibril, whose Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command was one of the main guerrilla groups fighting against Israel in the 1970s and 1980s and more rece...
Jul 07, 2021
Lawyers of S.Africa’s Zuma asks top court to halt arrest, hours before deadline
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma asked the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to suspend its order to the police to arrest him by midnight pending the outcome of his ...
Jul 07, 2021
ECB to unveil tweaked inflation target, climate role on Thursday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will on Thursday announce the outcome of a 18-month strategy review, redefining its inflation target and laying down what role it plans to play in the f...
Jul 07, 2021
French economy grew 1% in second quarter as COVID curbs eased – central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - France economy probably grew faster than previously expected in the second quarter thanks to a service sector rebound as coronavirus measures were eased, the central bank said on Wed...
Jul 07, 2021
Industry groups, lawmakers press White House to lift U.S. travel restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of 24 industry organizations on Wednesday urged the White House to lift restrictions that bar much of the world from traveling to the United States. The groups led b...
Jul 07, 2021
Analysis: Myanmar turmoil deepens as clashes spread
(Reuters) - The farming town of Depayin joined Myanmar's list of shattered communities when the army moved in to crush a local anti-junta militia armed with makeshift weapons. When army trucks arrived...
Jul 07, 2021
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