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North Korea’s Kim meets senior officials to address economy – KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a meeting of senior officials of the Workers' Party to evaluate and improve the economy in the second half of the year, state media KCNA repo...
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Salvadoran woman freed from jail after 30-year abortion sentence
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A Salvadoran woman who had served nearly a third of her 30-year prison sentence on charges of terminating her pregnancy and violating El Salvador's harsh ab...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Big Biogen boost on Alzheimer’s news could win back biotech investors
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - The approval by U.S. regulators on Monday of a Biogen Inc drug to treat Alzheimer's disease could reinvigorate investor interest more broadly in biotech and pha...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Brazil reports 37,156 coronavirus cases and 1,010 COVID deaths in 24 hours – ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 37,156 new cases of coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 1,010 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Monday. The South American country has no...
Syndicated Content Jun 07, 2021
Wall Street body proposes new rules on short positions, stock loans
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Wall Street's self-regulatory body, has proposed changes to its short-interest reporting requirements in ...
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Tesla’s heavy trucking unit chief leaves company
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc's chief of heavy trucking unit, Jerome Guillen, has left the company, the electric-car maker said on Monday, barely three months after taking over the role. Guillen, who has been...
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Tennis-Medvedev faces familiar foe Tsitsipas in French Open quarters
(Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev faces a big test of his new-found affinity for the red clay on Tuesday when he faces in-form Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open quarter-finals. Medvedev...
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Rights panel begins Colombia visit over possible abuses during protests
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Representatives from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) met with Colombian officials on Monday ahead of a three-day visit to gather informatio...
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El Salvador to keep dollar as legal tender, make bitcoin optional – trade minister
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar will continue to be legal tender in El Salvador with bitcoin transactions by choice only, the nation's top trade official said on Monday, after President Nayib...
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Gangs raid police stations for weapons in Haiti as deadly violence surges
By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Gangs raided multiple police stations for weapons in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in deadly attacks over the weekend as violence between armed groups fl...
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