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UK’s Sunak tries to move on from COVID with new spending plans
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will try to show that he is moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday when he announces multi-billion-pound investm...
Oct 26, 2021
Factbox – Mort Sahl’s satirical observations
(Reuters) - Mort Sahl pulled on a V-neck sweater and carried a newspaper when he took to the stage to shape political satire. His highly improvised act had an influence on several generations of comed...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. lawmakers express concern over reports of potential Turkey F-16 purchase
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers urged President Joe Biden's administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey and said they were confident Con...
Oct 26, 2021
Activision Blizzard pauses plans for online BlizzCon in 2022
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc on Tuesday paused plans for an online version of the video game publisher's annual BlizzCon convention that was scheduled for early next year. The company did not g...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. CDC says Walmart spray behind melioidosis outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday confirmed that an aromatherapy spray sold by Walmart or one of its ingredients caused four melioidosis infections earli...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. comedian Mort Sahl dead at age 94 – New York Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Mort Sahl, widely considered the father of modern political satire, has died at the age of 94, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper quoted a frie...
Oct 26, 2021
Criminal charges not ruled out in shooting on Alec Baldwin film – report
(Reuters) - Criminal charges have not been ruled out in a fatal accidental shooting by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of a western film, the local district attorney said on Tuesday. Santa Fe County Dis...
Oct 26, 2021
Uncertainty dogs 787 deliveries, MAX approval ahead of Boeing Q3
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Hopes of an imminent breakthrough in deliveries of Boeing Co's 787 jetliner were fading on Tuesday after a top supplier reported a lull in activity and two indus...
Oct 26, 2021
Temasek’s new investment platform to target local, mid-sized firms
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has set up a new investment vehicle initially targeting local firms valued at $1 billion to $5 billion, as Singapore seeks to ramp up in...
Oct 26, 2021
U.S. administers over 415 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 415,012,026 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 504,584,715 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
Oct 26, 2021
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