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Vatican wants changes to Italy draft law against homophobia
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has protested to Italy over a draft law to combat homophobia, saying that in its present form it could restrict the religious freedom of the Cat...
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Splunk receives $1 billion investment from Silver Lake
(Reuters) - Splunk Inc said on Tuesday that it had received $1 billion in investment from private-equity firm Silver Lake, triggering an 8% jump in shares of the data analytics software firm in premar...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
French drinks firm Pernod Ricard confident about Asia prospects
By Dominique Vidalon and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Pernod Ricard is confident about its prospects in Asia, helped by cognac and scotch whisky demand in China, the French drinks company's Asia ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Switzerland recommends 12-15 year olds get Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland on Tuesday said children between 12 and 15 years old could be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The recommendation f...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Taliban launch major offensives in northern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have conducted a wave of offensives in Afghanistan's north in recent days, moving beyond their southern strongholds as international forces withdraw. The United Na...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
The final frontier: doing laundry in space
By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) - Ever wondered how astronauts aboard the International Space Station do their laundry? Well, they don't, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
McDonald’s to launch loyalty program across U.S. in July
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday its U.S. loyalty program would be available across the country at participating restaurants from July 8. The burger chain started testing its MyMcDonald's R...
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SiFive aims to challenge Arm with new tech, pairs with Intel on effort
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - SiFive Inc on Tuesday released a new computing chip design that aims to challenge Arm Ltd's dominance in smartphone chips and said it would pair with Intel Corp's factori...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Caixabank to reduce planned job cuts by 1,300 following strike
By Jess Aguado and Cristina Galan MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank on Tuesday offered to reduce the number of job cuts by more than 1,300 from its initial plan of nearly 8,300 layoffs as thousands...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
U.N. Afghanistan envoy warns of Taliban offensive
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said on Tuesday the Taliban has taken more than 50 of 370 districts in the country since May, warning that increased conflict "mean...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
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