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U.S. officials to list Nevada flower as endangered, dealing blow to ioneer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Thursday it will propose listing the Tiehm's Buckwheat flower as an endangered species, dealing a blow to ioneer Ltd's proposed Rhyolite Ridge li...
Jun 03, 2021
An hour from Shanghai, villagers only slightly more open to three-child policy
By Josh Horwitz FENGXIAN, China (Reuters) - Many city-dwellers across China reacted with scorn when the government announced plans this week to allow couples to have three children instead of two, in ...
Jun 03, 2021
Fed’s policies to support ‘robust’ economic recovery: Clarida
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's response to the COVID crisis, which included tried and true tools as well as novel ones, helped offset the unprecedented blow to the U.S. economy last year and will c...
Jun 03, 2021
Bolivia’s Aymara women train to fight back against domestic violence
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Lucrecia Huayhua has survived domestic violence for most of her life. Now, with other indigenous Aymara women in Bolivia's highlands, she is taking things into her own hands with ta...
Jun 03, 2021
China’s WeChat bans nose-picking, spanking in bid to clean up livestreams
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese social media platform WeChat on Thursday published a list of activities and "violations" it is banning in a bid to clean up its livestreaming service, including "indecent" ...
Jun 03, 2021
France’s pension reform cannot go ahead as planned – Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's planned reform of the pension system cannot go ahead as planned in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, he said on Thursday, retreating on one of the s...
Jun 03, 2021
Rohingya Muslim refugees ‘injured in protests’ on isolated island during UNHCR visit
By Zeba Siddiqui and Ruma Paul NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, angry at living conditions on a remote Bangladeshi island, suffered baton injuries as they protested against...
Jun 03, 2021
G7 must donate COVID shots to avoid 1918-scale pandemic disaster -CEPI chief
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations must donate COVID-19 shots urgently to avoid an outcome akin to the 1918 flu which killed 50 million people, the he...
Jun 03, 2021
BlackBerry shares soar as trading volume surges
(Reuters) - U.S. shares in BlackBerry were up 18.0% on Thursday on track for its sixth straight day of gains and the stock was the second most heavily traded on U.S. exchanges as individual investors ...
Jun 03, 2021
Southeast Asian envoys arrive in Myanmar, local news agency says
(Reuters) - Envoys from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrived in Myanmar on Thursday ahead of planned meetings with the military junta on ending turmoil since the Feb. 1 coup, the...
Jun 03, 2021
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