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U.S. citizens blocked from leaving China return home after three years
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two American siblings prevented from leaving China since 2018 returned to the United States over the weekend, according to a U.S. official, their release by B...
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Activision Blizzard, U.S. employment watchdog reach agreement in sexual harassment and discrimination case
By Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) - Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Monday they had reached an agreement to settle claims...
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Yen weakens to 111 per dollar as U.S. Treasury yields soar
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen traded near an almost three-month low to the dollar and reached a two-week trough versus the euro on Tuesday, as rising bond yields in the U.S. and Europe l...
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World Bank says Delta variant slowing economic growth in East Asia and Pacific
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The East Asia and Pacific region's recovery has been undermined by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, which is likely slowing economic growth and increasing inequa...
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U.S. murders soar nearly 30% in 2020, FBI reports
(Reuters) - The number of murders in the United States rose nearly 30% in 2020 and overall violent crime rose for the first time in four years, the FBI said in its annual crime report on Monday, in a ...
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California becomes 8th U.S. state to make universal mail-in ballots permanent
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Monday became the eighth, and by far the largest, U.S. state to make universal distribution of vote-by-mail ballots permanent, a practice that bec...
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U.S. Senators call for ‘full accountability’ in World Bank data controversy
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat and Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Joe Biden to "ensure full accountability" o...
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Google dominance in Australia online advertising harms businesses -regulator
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Google dominates Australia's online advertising market to the point of harming publishers, advertisers and ultimately consumers, the country's antitrust regulator said,...
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Morgan Stanley Asia veteran Christianson retires – memo
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's Asia Pacific co-chief executive Wei Sun Christianson will retire from the bank after nearly two decades at the end of 2021, according to a memo reviewed by Reute...
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Laurene Powell Jobs invests $3.5 billion in new climate-action group
(Reuters) - Billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is investing $3.5 billion in a new group aimed at addressing the climate crisis, a spokesperson for Emerson Collective, the organization she ...
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