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Alex Jones of Infowars to invoke right not to testify to U.S. Capitol riot panel
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of the right-wing website Infowars, said on Monday said he will invoke his right under the Fifth Amendment of the U....
Dec 20, 2021
China expected to extend regulatory crackdowns into 2022
By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - After China's year of unprecedented crackdowns, roiling markets and halting deals, bankers and lawyers expect tighter scrutiny to continue in 2022 but sa...
Dec 20, 2021
E-scooter sharing firm VOI raises $115 million, valuation crosses $1 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's VOI Technology, which operates e-scooter service in Europe, said on Tuesday it has raised $115 million from investors such as Raine Group and VNV Global, valuing the com...
Dec 20, 2021
U.S. families fear hunger after child-tax credit expires
By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The phone calls to Yvonka Hall's health nonprofit in northeastern Ohio from families begging for help feeding their children started in Marc...
Dec 20, 2021
Omicron variant accounts for 73% of U.S. infections – CDC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for 73% of U.S. coronavirus infections based on sequencing data for the week ended Dec. 18, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Dec 20, 2021
German tax take continues to surge but supply bottlenecks drag -govt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's tax take surged again in November, rising 15.4% on the year to 54.9 billion euros, thanks to its recovery from the pandemic earlier this year, although the economic upturn...
Dec 20, 2021
Factbox: U.S. climate-change fight threatened as Manchin rejects Biden’s bill
By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill threatens to scuttle hundreds of billi...
Dec 20, 2021
State: COVID-19 is causing hospital beds statewide to run out
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The State of Illinois is sounding an alarm similar to the one local health officials sounded last week, about hospital capacity right now, thanks in part to COVID-19. As of S...
Dec 20, 2021
Air New Zealand outlines requirements for low-emissions turboprops
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Air New Zealand Ltd said on Tuesday it had outlined requirements to suppliers as part of plans to replace its fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q300 turboprops with lower-...
Dec 20, 2021
Man gets 46 months on U.S. Capitol riot charges, among the longest sentences yet
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington state man who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday received a sentence of almost four y...
Dec 20, 2021
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