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U.S. requires embassy staff in Afghanistan to telework amid COVID-19 outbreak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff in the U.S. embassy in Kabul are being required to telework, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday, citing a "significant outbreak of COVID-19" that has si...
Jun 17, 2021
Greek man confesses to killing wife after earlier blaming intruders
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek man who claimed thieves broke in and strangled his wife in front of their 11-month-old child, has confessed to the murder, police said on Thursday, just over a month after he ...
Jun 17, 2021
Mexico’s coronavirus death toll climbs to 230,792
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico recorded 4,253 new confirmed coronavirus cases and an additional 168 deaths on Thursday, according to Health Ministry data, bringing the total number of cases to 2...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. Black workers still earning less than whites – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Black workers in the United States continue to earn less than their white counterparts even as American companies are raising diversity and inclusion as a cornerstone of their b...
Jun 17, 2021
Analysis: As Fed wakes sleeping dollar, jolted bears may bolster gains
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Saikat Chatterjee (Reuters) - A hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve has woken up a slumbering dollar, sending the U.S. currency to its highest level in months and stoking e...
Jun 17, 2021
Canada PM Trudeau nominates first judge of color to sit on Supreme Court
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday made history by nominating the first judge of color to sit on the country's Supreme Court, which has only ever had white justices ...
Jun 17, 2021
Tennis-Osaka pulls out of Wimbledon but aims for Olympics
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Wimbledon championships starting this month for personal reasons but her agent said on Thursday that the world number two will be ready fo...
Jun 17, 2021
Cruise operator Carnival discloses personal data breach, shares down
(Reuters) -Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Thursday it had detected unauthorized access to its computer systems in March, after which it alerted regulators and hired a cybersecurity firm to inve...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 315 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 314,969,386 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 377,215,060 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Jun 17, 2021
UK’s Sunak refuses help for businesses hit by extended COVID-19 restrictions – FT
(Reuters) - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out further extension of support to businesses in England, despite the UK government forcing many to close for an extra four weeks, The Finan...
Jun 17, 2021
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