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Mexico’s Alfa reports third-quarter net profit of $120.7 million
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican conglomerate Alfa on Wednesday reported a net profit of 2.49 billion pesos ($120.7 million) for the third quarter, versus a net profit of 3.77 billion pesos a year earl...
Oct 20, 2021
Zambia owes nearly $27 billion in foreign and local public debt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia's total public debt to foreign and local lenders was just shy of $27 billion at the end of June, the Finance Ministry revealed on Wednesday. The figure was equal to abo...
Oct 20, 2021
Britain and New Zealand strike free trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs, improve services trade, and take London one step closer to membership of...
Oct 20, 2021
Brazil has 373 COVID deaths in 24 hours, lowest since April 2020 -ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 15,609 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 373 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Wednesday, reporting the lowest d...
Oct 20, 2021
Attempted murder charge filed against man in early-October police standoff
PEORIA, Ill. – New charges are filed in the case of a Peoria man who caused a police standoff earlier in the month. Our news partner 25 News reports Lamarcus Chappell, 30, will be arraigned Thur...
Oct 20, 2021
Soccer-Institutional change needed in NWSL after abuse allegations, says interim CEO
(Reuters) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has agreed in principle on how to handle the changes that are being demanded by players after allegations of sexual misconduct engulfed the league...
Oct 20, 2021
Russia put Navalny’s ally Sobol on wanted list -reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have declared Lyubov Sobol, a prominent ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as wanted, according to various media reports on Wednesday, which cited the poli...
Oct 20, 2021
U.S. FDA clears Moderna and J&J boosters, backs ‘mix-and-match’ strategy
By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson, and said Americans can choose ...
Oct 20, 2021
WHO says it continues to assess Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is still assessing the Russia-designed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, according to an update on the WHO's website on Wednesday. "A...
Oct 20, 2021
Blast at U.S. outpost in Syria, no American injuries -U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. outpost in southern Syria was attacked on Wednesday, but there were no reports of any American casualties from the blast, U.S. officials told Reuters. The officials, speak...
Oct 20, 2021
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