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Pharmacist in deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak resentenced to 10-1/2 years in prison
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - An ex-pharmacist at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was resentenced on Wednesday to...
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UK food supply chains ‘on the edge of failing’, meat industry says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's food supply chains are "right on the edge of failing" as absence related to COVID-19 has aggravated a critical shortage of labour, a meat industry body said on Wednesday. ...
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Canada’s updated CPI basket shows higher weighting for shelter
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's national statistics agency on Wednesday revealed new weights for the basket of goods and services in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with shifts including a higher weighti...
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Pope’s September trip schedule shows no post-surgery slowdown
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - Pope Francis will deliver more than 10 addresses and visit five cities in four days during a September trip to Hungary and Slovakia - his first since major intestinal su...
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Political furore in Italy after League councillor kills Moroccan
ROME (Reuters) - A member of Italy's rightist League party was placed under house arrest on Wednesday after shooting dead a Moroccan immigrant following an altercation in a bar. Massimo Adriatici, a L...
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Crypto miner Core Scientific to go public via $4.3 billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) -Core Scientific Holding Co said on Wednesday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by BlackRock Inc, in a deal that values the cryptocurrency miner at $4.3 b...
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United Airlines CEO sees travel ‘ups and downs’ until more people vaccinated
By Tracy Rucinski and Sanjana Shivdas CHICAGO (Reuters) -The head of United Airlines expects a recovery in travel demand to continue despite a resurgence in COVID-19 spurred by the more contagious Del...
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Norway scrambles warplanes to escort Russian bombers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Norway scrambled warplanes on Wednesday to escort Russian strategic bombers over the Barents and Norwegian seas, the Russian defence ministry said, quoted by TASS new agency. The Ru...
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Five U.S. senators want to ensure Verizon TracFone deal does not raise prices
(Reuters) - Five Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission ensure Verizon's proposed $6.9 billion acquisition of TracFone does not raise prices or impact govern...
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EU will not renegotiate Brexit’s Northern Ireland deal – Sefcovic
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will seek "creative solutions" to difficulties in trade between Britain and Northern Ireland caused by Brexit, but will not renegotiate the Brexit deal on ...
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