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Two former police officers reject plea offers in Jan. 6 case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia, have rejected initial plea deal offers by the U.S. Justice Department to resolve charges stemming from t...
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Paralympics-Female Afghan athlete makes plea for help to get to Tokyo
By Iain Axon LONDON (Reuters) - Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi made a plea for help on Tuesday as she sought to escape Kabul and revive her shattered dream of becoming the country's first female compe...
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GM workers’ historic vote in Mexico tests new trade deal
By Daina Beth Solomon SILAO, Mexico (Reuters) - General Motors employee Mari says that for the past decade, she has felt powerless to demand higher pay at the plant in central Mexico that cranks out h...
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Czech president: NATO’s failure in Afghanistan puts its legitimacy in question
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman said NATO had failed in Afghanistan and its legitimacy was in question, as he called for his country to focus to national defence rather than "wasting mo...
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Judge questions Fox News bid to shake Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion election lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of an effort by Fox Corp to dismiss a $2.7 billion lawsuit alleging Fox News hosts and guests made defamatory claims about the...
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Aerospace startup Boom Supersonic aims to revive commercial supersonic air travel
(Reuters) - Boom Supersonic, an aerospace startup, hopes to resurrect faster-than-the-speed-of-sound commercial air travel across the Atlantic, not seen since the SST Concorde flown by British Airways...
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‘What more can we take?’: Haitian-Americans reel from earthquake
By Makini Brice (Reuters) - When Haitian-born Mathieu Eugene walks in the Brooklyn neighborhood he represents on the New York City Council, other immigrants from the country approach him to express th...
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ICC prosecutor urges all sides in Afghanistan to respect humanitarian law
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday called on all parties in the Afghanistan conflict to respect humanitarian law. In a statement, Karim Khan noted that...
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U.S. airline passenger volume rises but down 21% from pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines carried 66.4 million passengers in June, three times the June 2020 volume but still down 21% over pre-pandemic levels, the U.S. Transportation Department said Tues...
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Canada will not recognize Taliban as Afghan gov’t – PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has no plans to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government following the Islamist movement's takeover of Kabul, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. "Canada ...
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