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Exclusive: U.S. plans to extend transportation mask mandate through Jan. 18, sources say
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration plans to extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train statio...
Aug 17, 2021
Top U.N. rights forum to hold session on Afghanistan next week
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council is to hold a special session next week on the situation in Afghanistan to address "serious human rights concerns" after the Taliban takeover, a United ...
Aug 17, 2021
Lawsuit alleges Wisconsin authorities’ conspiracy with racists led to Kyle Rittenhouse killings
(Reuters) - The family of a man fatally shot by U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse during racial justice protests in Wisconsin last August filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Kenosha and local ...
Aug 17, 2021
Analysis: As investors look to Jackson Hole, options markets see ‘a lot of nothing’
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traders in U.S. equity options do not expect the Federal Reserve's symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming later this month to spark big moves in stocks, even as a...
Aug 17, 2021
Cuba struggles to get oxygen to the sick, vaccines to the healthy
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has turned to the military to provide oxygen amid a surge of the coronavirus https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cuba-gripped-by-unrest-battles-highest-...
Aug 17, 2021
Guyana official vows to develop its oil in an environmentally safe manner
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Guyana's vice president told a U.S. energy conference on Tuesday that the nation would develop its massive oil and gas discoveries with full environmental protections. The tiny Sou...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. Senator Cornyn deletes erroneous Taiwan tweet blasted by Chinese media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Cornyn has deleted a tweet in which he said wrongly that the United States currently has 30,000 troops stationed in Chinese-claimed Taiwan, a claim ...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. has no current plans to deploy military to Haiti -U.S. national security advisor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no current plans to deploy U.S. military personnel to Haiti after an earthquake that killed at least 1,400 people, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sull...
Aug 17, 2021
Wildfires outside Jerusalem contained, Israeli fire brigade says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Wildfires in wooded hills near Jerusalem were contained on Tuesday, the Israeli fire brigade said, after crews waged a three-day battle joined by Palestinian firefighters and the...
Aug 17, 2021
Rubio wants Biden to block TikTok after Chinese government takes stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to block short-form video app TikTok in the United States after China took an ownership stake in a key su...
Aug 17, 2021
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