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Australian CPI spikes in second quarter, but core inflation tame
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer prices rose at the fastest annual pace in almost 13 years last quarter as petrol jumped and government subsidies unwound, but a far tamer reading for core infla...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Biles spotlights mental health, Tokyo COVID cases hang over Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles' abrupt exit from the U.S. team event and uncertainty over the gymnast's remaining time at the Games put the mental health of athletes under the spotlight on Wednesday a...
Jul 27, 2021
California expands state healthcare to undocumented residents 50 and up
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's governor on Tuesday signed into law a major expansion of the state's Medicaid coverage to all low-income residents aged 50 and up regardless of the...
Jul 27, 2021
Spark Infra to open books to KKR consortium after sweetened $3.8 billion bid
(Reuters) -Spark Infrastructure on Wednesday agreed to open its books to a consortium that includes private equity giant KKR & Co Inc after the group tabled a third buyout offer, valuing the Australia...
Jul 27, 2021
China jitters lift haven currencies; dollar awaits Fed
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was pinned below recent highs on Wednesday by a decline in real yields and by trepidation ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting, while other safe-haven c...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Seeing’s not believing – how doping has tainted athletics
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - There are a few worthy contenders for the "dirtiest race in history" title but the 2012 Olympic women's 1,500 metres probably takes the gold medal for not only the ...
Jul 27, 2021
Unfazed by global exit talk, BOJ policymakers confirm need to keep stimulus
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers appeared undeterred by increasing global debate on withdrawing crisis-mode stimulus, with some calling for the need to avoid a premature ti...
Jul 27, 2021
Environmental groups pan Biden planned vehicle emissions rules rewrite
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Tuesday criticized an expected Biden administration proposal to revise U.S. vehicle emissions that is set to be released as early as ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Records set to tumble but how do we know what’s great any more?
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - A stack of Olympic and possibly world records will be broken on the Tokyo track over the next two weeks but, such has been the incredible impact of shoe technology ...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept won’t defend Republican lawmaker in Capitol riot lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department in a court filing on Tuesday declined to defend Republican congressman Mo Brooks in a lawsuit that alleges he conspired to instigate the Jan. 6 riot a...
Jul 27, 2021
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