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Japan action star Sonny Chiba dies from COVID-19 complications, NHK says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese action star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba died in hospital from complications related to COVID-19, public broadcaster NHK said late on Thursday. He was 82. Chiba a martial artist a...
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Acting FDA Chief Janet Woodcock ruled out as permanent nominee – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has ruled out nominating Janet Woodcock as the permanent head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/2...
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State treasurer putting unclaimed property up for bids
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois State Treasurer Mike Frerichs will host an auction of unclaimed property items. Items worth nearly $15,000 will be up for bids at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lincoln Sta...
Ed Hammond Aug 19, 2021
German economy on track for stronger growth in third quarter – ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy is on track for a lasting, probably stronger recovery in the third quarter driven by lively domestic demand after gross domestic product expanded by 1.5% on the q...
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Facebook says it is securing Afghan user accounts amid Taliban takeover
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has temporarily removed the ability for people to view or search the friends lists of accounts it has determined to be in Afghanistan, the company's head of security policy sa...
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Fed Chair Powell to speak on ‘economic outlook’ next week
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will deliver a speech on "the economic outlook" next week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Kansas City Fed's annual central banking conference, the Fed s...
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J&J says veteran Duato to replace Gorsky as chief executive
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday its Vice Chairman of Executive Committee Joaquin Duato will become chief executive officer from Jan. 3, replacing Alex Gorsky who has been at the helm for...
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Epic Games says Google paid phone and game makers to avoid $1-billion app store hit
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - "Fortnite" developer Epic Games on Thursday unsealed details about contracts it alleges Alphabet Inc's Google signed with phone makers and other top video game companies to ...
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Scientists question evidence behind U.S. COVID-19 booster shot drive
By Deena Beasley and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) - The Biden administration's plan to provide COVID-19 vaccine boosters is based on concerns that a decrease in the vaccines' ability to protect against ...
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New Zealand house price ‘madness’ to leave affordability stretched for years: Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - New Zealand's runaway housing market, which has accelerated rapidly during the pandemic, will cool next year, according to a Reuters poll of property market analy...
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