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Hong Kong to censor films under national security law
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government on Friday enacted new guidelines that allow authorities to censor films on the basis of safeguarding national security, escalating concern...
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Swiss court rejects appeal by climate activists who occupied bank
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's highest court has rejected an appeal by 12 climate activists convicted of trespassing at a Credit Suisse bank branch, dismissing their argument that they had taken eme...
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Analysis: Push to end pandemic benefits may not be panacea for U.S. labor shortage
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 25 U.S. states calling an early halt to pandemic-related federal unemployment benefits have recovered more of the jobs lost during the crisis than other ...
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Police detain man on Moscow’s Red Square after simulated suicide ‘protest performance’
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian police detained an opposition activist on Moscow's Red Square on Friday after he simulated shooting himself in the head in a political protest, social media images showed and...
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GameStop lures Amazon talent with grand plans and no frills
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - GameStop Corp Chairman Ryan Cohen made a point of doing away with corporate excess such as a company plane and used the allure of rebuilding the videogame retailer t...
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India court deals blow to Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart in antitrust case
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Indian court dismissed pleas on Friday by Amazon.com Inc and Walmart's Flipkart to quash an antitrust investigation into the business practices of the U.S. firm...
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G7 eyes allocating $100 billion from IMF funds to COVID-ravaged nations – US
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - The United States and other Group of Seven nations are considering reallocating $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries strugglin...
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More Chinese provinces issue bans on cryptomining
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Authorities in China's northwestern province of Qinghai and a district in neighbouring Xinjiang ordered cryptocurrency mining projects to close this week, as local governments put...
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Congestion at South China ports worsens on anti-COVID-19 measures
By Muyu Xu and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - Congestion at container shipping ports in southern China is worsening as authorities step up disinfection measures amid a flare-up in COVID-19 cases...
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BIS official casts doubt on El Salvador bitcoin ‘experiment’
LONDON (Reuters) - El Salvador's decision to make bitcoin legal tender is an "interesting experiment" with a speculative asset that does not pass the test of being a means of payment, a senior global ...
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