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White House says new Pfizer vaccine order could help if booster shot needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. purchased 200 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for flexibility if booster shots are later needed and the shots are approved for younger children, the W...
Jul 23, 2021
Sierra Leone parliament votes to abolish death penalty
DAKAR (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out its last execution. President Juliu...
Jul 23, 2021
Celebrity chef Mario Batali agrees to $600,000 settlement over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife...
Jul 23, 2021
Germany to enable mobile operators to broadcast alerts after flood disaster
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will enable mobile operators to broadcast emergency warnings by text message to specific geographic regions, a technology that has existed for decades but which Germany has ...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. appeals court finds CDC eviction moratorium unlawful
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked authority for the national moratorium it imposed last year on most residential evictions to ...
Jul 23, 2021
Biden poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Australia -CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Caroline Kennedy, daughter of late President John F. Kennedy, as the American ambassador to Australia. Kennedy previously served as U....
Jul 23, 2021
White House says delegation to Haiti safe after gunshots heard at president’s funeral
By Jeff Mason and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The delegation U.S. President Joe Biden sent to Haiti is "safe" after gunshots were heard near the funeral for the Caribbean country's former ...
Jul 23, 2021
Many migrant workers stranded in Chinese cities hit by floods
By Emily Chow ZHENGZHOU (Reuters) - For many migrant workers caught up in severe flooding in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, crossing town to stay with relatives in less affected areas or retur...
Jul 23, 2021
Hasbro sales growth poised to outpace Mattel as TV, film businesses rebound
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc is expected to overtake Mattel Inc in quarterly sales growth for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as the return of Marvel superheroes boosts...
Jul 23, 2021
G20 presidency says mins failed to agree on climate communique
NAPLES (Reuters) - Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 rich nations were unable to agree on the wording of a key climate change commitment in their final communique, Italy's Ecologic...
Jul 23, 2021
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