Lines, tokens and money brokers: Myanmar's crumbling economy runs low on cash
(Reuters) – If you need cash in Myanmar, you have to get up early. Queues start forming outside banks at 4 a.m., where the first […]
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Northern Ireland: The contest to elect a new DUP leader is on a knife edge
The Democratic Unionist Party is voting to elect a new leader, with the contest between Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Edwin Poots on a knife edge. […]
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Fact check: Viral image of plastic bags filled with gas is from 2019
The claim: Photo shows trunk full of gas-filled plastic bags during 2021 gas shortage In the wake of a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline – […]
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* Dollar loses steam as bond yields dip after strong data * Inflation worries likely to remain as U.S. economy reopens * Bitcoin near 2 […]
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Biden says East Coast fuel shortages to end in days as pipeline reopens
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reassured U.S. motorists that fuel supplies should start returning to normal this weekend, even as more filling stations […]
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tops Fortune’s list of the world’s greatest leaders
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has topped Fortune Magazine’s list of the world’s greatest leaders, beating out a number of influential people including Dolly Parton. The […]
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Delta will require that new employees be vaccinated.
By Niraj Chokshi Delta Air Lines will require new hires to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but will exempt current employees from that mandate, making […]
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Unite leadership candidate Howard Beckett suspended from Labour after saying Priti Patel ‘should be deported’
A leadership candidate for one of Labour’s biggest union backers has been suspended from the party after he suggested Priti Patel should be “deported”, Sky […]
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Fisker finalizes deal with Foxconn to make EVs in U.S. starting in 2023
DETROIT (Reuters) – Electric car maker Fisker Inc has finalized its vehicle-assembly deal with Foxconn Technology Co Ltd, including plans to open a U.S. plant […]
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French fisherman outraged over new post-Brexit rules in Jersey’s waters ‘Could get worse’
Jersey 'isn't backing down' on fisheries in says expert When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes […]
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Bank of Canada: rising C$ could hit export outlook, affect monetary policy
OTTAWA (Reuters) -If the buoyant Canadian dollar continues to rise it could create headwinds for exports and business investment as well as affecting monetary policy, […]
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Denver’s new rules on group living, halfway homes may be on November ballot
Denver voters might get to decide in November whether to repeal a recent decision to let up to five unrelated people live in a home. […]
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‘Beyond the pale’: Pelosi says that House ethics committee should ‘probably’ investigate Marjorie Taylor Greene over AOC confrontation
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi believes that a “verbal assault and real abuse” by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., toward Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., […]
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Ford redesigning parts to use more accessible chips, weighing direct deals with chip foundries
DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co, in response to the global semiconductor shortage, is redesigning automotive components to use more accessible chips, the No. 2 U.S. […]
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U.S. jobless claims sink to 473,000 as more GOP governors bar aid
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers […]
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U.S. to bolster public health workforce to fight COVID-19, future pandemics
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the opening of the MTA?s public vaccination […]
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McDonald's raising US workers' pay in company-owned stores
McDonald’s is raising pay at 650 company-owned stores in the U.S. as part of its push to hire thousands of new workers in a tight […]
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Exclusive: Crypto crime down in 2021 through April, but 'DeFi' fraud at record -CipherTrace
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud fell sharply in the first four months of the year, but crime in the […]
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Europe flattened by snowballing global correction
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were spiralling towards their worst week of the year on Thursday, as a bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. inflation worried bond […]
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Gaza conflict intensifies with rocket barrages and air strikes
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militants fired more rockets into Israel’s commercial heartland on Thursday as Israel kept up a punishing bombing campaign in Gaza and massed […]
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