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U.S. labor force participation likely to rebound, but it will take time -research
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve faces a long slog if it hopes for the country's labor force participation rate to climb back to pre-pandemic levels according to new...
Aug 27, 2021
Newlywed, medic among 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan attack
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -Details began to emerge on Friday about the 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul airport suicide bombing, including an expectant father from Wyoming, a medic from Ohio and...
Aug 27, 2021
Exclusive-Congo reviewing $6 billion mining deal with Chinese investors -Finance Minister
By Aaron Ross and Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's government is reviewing its $6 billion "infrastructure-for-minerals" deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader exami...
Aug 27, 2021
NHC says Hurricane Ida has made landfall on Isle of Youth
(Reuters) - Hurricane Ida has made landfall on the Isle of Youth, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. "Ida is forecast to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf coast within t...
Aug 27, 2021
ROE Head: Issues with mandatory COVID vaccines and testing for teachers
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Regional Superintendent of Schools says Governor JB Pritzker’s new mandate requiring all teachers to get tested or fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might ...
Aug 27, 2021
Biden administration urges localities to block evictions after court ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has written to state and local officials urging that they block unnecessary residential evictions, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a feder...
Aug 27, 2021
U.S. House committee seeks social media records related to Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday asked major social media companies including Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet In...
Aug 27, 2021
Musicians take stage at Romanian classical music festival despite pandemic
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - World-renowned orchestras return to Romanian capital Bucharest from Saturday for its George Enescu Festival, one of Europe's biggest classical music events, with or...
Aug 27, 2021
Advisers tell Biden of danger ahead in Afghan mission, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Advisers told President Joe Biden on Friday that the next few days of the evacuation mission from Afghanistan will be the most dangerous to date, the White House said on Friday, ...
Aug 27, 2021
Why Fed Chair Powell still thinks high inflation is ‘temporary’
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said he remains unconvinced that current high inflation readings will turn out to be permanent, pushing back against a grow...
Aug 27, 2021
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