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McConnell says bipartisan infrastructure will not be slowed by floor defeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that efforts to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill in the Senate would not be slowed down if Democrats lost a proc...
Jul 20, 2021
Paralympics-Deaf-blind swimmer withdraws from Tokyo Games over assistant row
(Reuters) - Deaf-blind American swimmer Becca Meyers said on Tuesday she had withdrawn from the Tokyo Paralympics after being told by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee that she could no...
Jul 20, 2021
Pressure on Big Tech builds as Biden picks another critic for key Justice post
By Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and Google critic Jonathan Kanter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief on Tuesday in the latest ...
Jul 20, 2021
Former FDA adviser calls for wider probe into Biogen Alzheimer’s drug approval
(Refiles to add Reuters joint participation in event) By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley (Reuters) -A federal probe of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a controversial new Alzhe...
Jul 20, 2021
Haiti to swear in new prime minister in wake of president’s assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti will usher in a new prime minister on Tuesday as Ariel Henry takes the reins of the Caribbean country nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise's was gunned down ...
Jul 20, 2021
U.S. states ending federal unemployment benefit saw no clear job gains
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. states putting an early end to federal unemployment benefits saw a larger jump in local labor supply in June than those planning to maintain the $300 we...
Jul 20, 2021
80% of new COVID-19 cases in Spain among non-vaccinated people, health minister says
(Reuters) - The vast majority of new COVID-19 cases in Spain in the past five weeks were detected among non-vaccinated people, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Monday, as new infections rose by...
Jul 20, 2021
Colombia government sends $3.9 billion tax reform to congress amid renewed protests
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's government on Tuesday formally presented a $3.95 billion tax reform bill to congress, even as unions and student groups sought to revive the street pr...
Jul 20, 2021
Verizon to make Google’s Messages default app on Android devices from 2022
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications will make Google's Messages the default messaging app on all Android devices it sells starting next year, the U.S. wireless carrier said on Tuesday. With that move, ...
Jul 20, 2021
Israel company NSO, linked to Pegasus case, present in Luxembourg, says minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The Israeli company NSO - linked to the Pegasus spyware case - is present in Luxembourg via its subsidiaries, said Luxembourg foreign affairs minister Jean Asselborn on Tuesday. Asse...
Jul 20, 2021
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