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Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee’s legal troubles
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, has qualified for parole. But he has two other trials to face - one in which he is accused of acc...
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EU extends deadline for decision on Facebook, Kustomer deal to Dec. 15
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer by a week to Dec. 15, a European Commission f...
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Afghan forces battling to retake Kunduz as Taliban advance in north
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan commandoes launched a counter-attack on Monday to try to beat back Taliban fighters who overran the northern city of Kunduz a day earlier, with residents fleeing the conflict ...
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Barrick Gold’s profit rises on higher prices
(Reuters) - Barrick Gold Corp, on Monday reported a slightly higher second-quarter profit from the first, as higher prices for the yellow metal offset rising costs and lower output. Adjusted net earni...
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Cuomo accuser who filed criminal report to give televised interview
(Reuters) - A former aide who filed a criminal complaint against New York Governor Cuomo last week alleging that he groped her will appear in a televised interview on Monday to speak out publicly for ...
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R&B singer R Kelly heads to trial on sex abuse charges
By Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - R. Kelly will be in a Brooklyn court on Monday as jury selection begins in his sex trafficking trial, where a conviction could result in de...
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U.S. Senate attempts to complete $1 trillion infrastructure bill
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Following months of negotiation and delay, the U.S. Senate was inching closer on Monday to finishing a $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, with a vote on ...
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Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee qualifies for parole -Justice Ministry
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, in jail after convictions for bribery and embezzlement, has qualified for parole, South Korea's Justice Minister said Monday. Lee is exp...
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Local politician, Swiss national among latest kidnap victims in Nigeria
LAGOS (Reuters) - A politician was abducted from his home in northern Nigeria on Monday, authorities said, and a Swiss national was kidnapped in a separate incident in the southwest over the weekend, ...
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Lukashenko strikes defiant note a year after contested Belarus election
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko struck a note of defiance on Monday on the first anniversary of an election which opponents said was rigged so that he coul...
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