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Durst testifies at L.A. trial to chopping up one body, abandoning another
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Real estate heir Robert Durst testified to chopping up the body of a Texas neighbor he killed in self-defense and to abandoning the body of his best friend after discoveri...
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Japan’s Kaji, the “godfather of Sudoku,” dies at 69
By Tim Kelly and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Maki Kaji, a puzzle enthusiast and publisher who was known as the "Godfather of Sudoku" - the number puzzle played daily by millions around the world - h...
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Oil rises on bargain-hunting, expectations OPEC+ will not boost supply soon
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday, recovering from the previous day's losses, as investors sought bargains and on expectations that major producers will not boost supply so...
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Safe-haven currencies supported on signs on weakening economic sentiment
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Safe-haven currencies such as the yen held firm against riskier currencies on Tuesday as disappointing economic data from China, the spreading Delta variant of the c...
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Taliban’s Afghanistan takeover presents fresh challenge for social media companies
By Elizabeth Culliford and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big U.S. tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to...
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Insurer AIA posts jump in first-half new business value, raises dividend
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Insurer AIA Group Ltd raised its interim dividend on Tuesday and posted a jump in first-half new business value, as it recovered from pandemic-led business disruptions in most of...
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Bob Dylan sued for alleged sexual abuse of 12-year-old in 1960s
(Reuters) - An unnamed woman has sued folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old. A spokesman for Dylan, now ...
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‘Is there any way we can get out?’ Afghans in U.S. struggle to help relatives in Kabul
By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO/FREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) - As the Taliban took over Kabul on Sunday, Besmellah Khuram sat in his living room in Sacramento and video-called his fa...
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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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