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UK cases of Indian variant double to nearly 7,000 in a week
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has seen a total of nearly 7,000 cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant of concern first identified in India, more than double the previous total, Public Health England ...
May 27, 2021
Risk agencies should not judge ratings with pre-pandemic criteria – Colombia’s Duque
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Risk rating agencies cannot judge countries with the same criteria they used before the pandemic, Colombia's President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, following a recent downgrade for ...
May 27, 2021
U.S. EPA to revise Trump water rule in boost to states’ climate fight
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will revise a rule issued by the former Trump administration nearly a year ago that limited sta...
May 27, 2021
Facebook no longer banning posts calling the coronavirus ‘man-made’
By Elizabeth Culliford NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is no longer removing posts that claim the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was man-made amid renewed debate over its origins. "In light of ong...
May 27, 2021
Oscars to again allow movies on streaming platforms to compete for honors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The organizers of the Oscars on Thursday moved the date of the 2022 ceremony to late March, a month later than originally planned, and said that films released on streaming ser...
May 27, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. opens criminal probe into alleged lapses at Eli Lilly plant – sources
By Marisa Taylor, Mike Spector and Dan Levine (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Eli Lilly and Co focused on alleged manufacturing irregularities and re...
May 27, 2021
Biden says he is likely to release full report on COVID-19 origins
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he is likely to release a report detailing the U.S. intelligence community's findings on the origins of COVID-19 in full. ...
May 27, 2021
Budget watchdog says rate hikes will dampen impact of Canada’s stimulus plan
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Interest rate hikes in the second half of 2022 will dampen the effect of Canada's planned stimulus spending, leading to lower-than-forecast economic growth in the me...
May 27, 2021
Swiss bank Julius Baer to pay $79.7 million in FIFA corruption settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Swiss bank Julius Baer has agreed to pay $79.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice after being implicated in a sprawling corruption probe surrounding FI...
May 27, 2021
Lebanon’s central bank says not enough reserves for medical supplies
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank said on Thursday that a system for importing subsidised medical goods could not be sustained without using its mandatory reserves and asked the relevant autho...
May 27, 2021
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