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Australia’s Victoria reports slight rise in local COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported a slight rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the first day after officials reinstated a night curfew and extended a hard lockd...
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U.S. top diplomat Blinken discusses Afghanistan with Pakistani foreign minister
(Repeats to fix garble in the first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - .S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the situation in Afg...
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Crews battling California’s mammoth Dixie fire brace for high winds
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Strike teams battling a mammoth wildfire displacing thousands of northern California residents braced for a resurgence of high winds on Monday, as the state's largest utili...
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LG Display says to invest $2.8 billion in small- to mid-size OLED facilities
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Display Co Ltd said on Tuesday it plans to invest 3.3 trillion won ($2.83 billion) in small- to mid-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel facilities. The investment will ...
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Jay-Z-backed Parent Company’s revenue beats on hot weed demand
(Reuters) - Californian pot producer TPCO Holding Corp, better known as Parent Company, beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday as demand surged for weed-infused products during the pandemic. T...
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Factbox-Biden’s speech on Afghanistan: key quotes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday stood by his decision to end the longest war in United States history and rejected criticism from both allies and adversaries that poor planni...
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Australia’s Westpac mulls paying back investors, flags lower margins
(Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp said on Tuesday it would consider returning capital to shareholders as Australia's post-pandemic economic rebound allows its big banks to return some of their record l...
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Mexico reports 7,172 new COVID-19 cases, 272 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico registered 7,172 new COVID-19 infections and 272 more deaths, health ministry data showed on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 3,108,438 and t...
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Nicaraguan government cancels registration of six foreign NGOs
By Ismael Lopez (Reuters) - The Nicaraguan government on Monday canceled the registration of six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Denmark, Spain, the United States and Sweden, claiming they ...
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Don McLean gets Hollywood star as ‘American Pie’ hits 50
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Don McLean got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, marking the 50th anniversary of his classic single "American Pie." McLean, 75, recalled how the...
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