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Doctors scale rockslides, invoke gods to vaccinate Himalayan villages
By Adnan Abidi MALANA, India (Reuters) - To visit the Indian village of Malana deep in the Himalayas, a COVID-19 vaccination team scrambled over a landslide that blocked the road the day before, scale...
Sep 23, 2021
MLB to experiment with pre-tacked baseballs at Triple A
Major League Baseball will be experimenting with pre-tacked baseballs at a "handful" of Triple-A games over the final 1 weeks of the minor league season. MLB executive vice president of baseball opera...
Sep 23, 2021
SE Asia govts must back ADB plan to close coal plants with regulation -report
By Fathin Ungku and Melanie Burton SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian governments must back the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) plans to expedite the closure of coal plants in the region with strong...
Sep 23, 2021
McDonald’s restarts share buybacks as business recovers from pandemic hit
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Thursday it would restart share buybacks and also increased its quarterly dividend by 7%, as the world's largest fast food chain recovers from the impact of the COV...
Sep 23, 2021
Pennsylvania attorney general sues Republicans to stop election subpoena
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit against Republican state lawmakers on Thursday in an attempt to stop their subpoena for detailed personal informa...
Sep 23, 2021
Britain’s Tesco extends net zero pledge
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said on Friday it would extend its green targets by promising net zero carbon emissions by 2050 across its operations together with those generated ...
Sep 23, 2021
Uber to roll out pension plans for UK drivers
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies said it would start rolling out its pension plan to all eligible drivers in the United Kingdom, months after the ride-hailing service granted workers' rights to its drive...
Sep 23, 2021
WHO backs Regeneron COVID-19 drug cocktail as UN body calls for equal access
(Reuters) - A World Health Organization (WHO) panel on Friday recommended the use of Regeneron and Roche's COVID-19 antibody cocktail for patients at high risk of hospitalisations and those severely i...
Sep 23, 2021
Golf-Rahm and Garcia to spearhead Europe Ryder Cup defence
By Steve Keating KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) -World number one Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia were chosen on Thursday to spearhead Europe's Ryder Cup defence with captain Padraig Harrington sending out th...
Sep 23, 2021
Brazil committee passes civil service reform bill that trims employee payroll growth
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at reducing the size of the Brazilian state and trimming the growth of public payrolls cleared the committee stage in the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday i...
Sep 23, 2021
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