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Exclusive: U.S. set to add more Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add at least 10 more Chinese companies and other entities to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and hi...
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Zaila Avant-garde, 14, wins spelling bee with ‘Murraya’
(Reuters) - Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling Murraya, a genus of plants, becoming the first African American to win the 90-year-old compet...
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Asian stocks hit 2-mth lows as fast-spreading Delta variant shatters confidence
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares stumbled to two-month lows on Friday and were set for their worst weekly performance since February as confidence took a beating over the global spread ...
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MMA-McGregor predicts Poirier will leave Octagon on a stretcher
(Reuters) - Conor McGregor said he has "hammers for hands" and will use them to avenge his defeat by Dustin Poirier earlier this year when the pair meet in their trilogy fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las...
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Canada’s Assembly of First Nations chooses first woman chief
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - Canada's Assembly of First Nations (AFN) elected a woman as national chief for the first time on Thursday, at a time when indigenous issues are in the spotlight after th...
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MLB roundup: Dodgers avoid sweep in Miami
Julio Urias earned his major-league-leading 11th win of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers posted a slump-breaking, 6-1 victory over the host Miami Marlins on Thursday. The Marlins, who are in last...
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Mental exam ordered for California mass murder suspect shot in head by police
By Keith Coffman (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday ordered a mental competency exam for a man accused of fatally shooting four people at a Los Angeles-area real estate office in March and who...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
China ministry says expects retail sales to grow 5%/yr in 2021-25
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's commerce ministry said on Friday it expects retail sales in the 14th five-year plan period, from 2021 to 2025, to grow by an average of 5% a year, amid a push by China to ex...
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Square plans to make hardware wallet for bitcoin
(Reuters) - Square Inc will make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the payments company confirmed in a tweet on Thursday shortly before U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren flagged growing risks posed to consum...
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Australia’s New South Wales flags lockdown extension after record cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The leader of Australia's New South Wales state on Friday said lockdown restrictions in state capital Sydney would have to be extended beyond July 16 unless there is a "dramatic cha...
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