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Biden scrambles to limit damage to credibility from Afghanistan
By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan was proceeding a...
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Japan sees peril in U.S. chip hub to counter China
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is worried that U.S. plans to pour billions of dollars into chip manufacturing to fend off China could finish off what's left of a Japanese semiconductor industry ...
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U.S. administers 357.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 357,894,995 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Tuesday morning and distributed 417,477,975 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...
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Los Angeles County to require masks at large outdoor sporting events
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans attending baseball, football and other large outdoor sporting events in Los Angeles County will be required to wear a mask starting on Friday regardless of their vaccinati...
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New Zealand’s snap COVID lockdown casts doubt over expected rate hike
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A snap lockdown in New Zealand following new COVID-19 cases may see the central bank back off from a widely forecast interest rate hike on Wednesday, which woul...
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Texas Governor Abbott tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and is isolating and receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment, his office said. Abbott, a Republican who has s...
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Biden approval drops to lowest level this year after Taliban takeover
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's approval rating dropped by 7 percentage points and hit its lowest level so far as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed over the weekend in an upheav...
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NRA’s ‘unabated’ corruption justifies shutting it down, New York says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association has failed to root out rampant internal corruption, even after a bankruptcy case designed to avoid that obligation was thrown ou...
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Houston, besieged by COVID patients, offering $100 to those who take vaccine
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Officials in the Houston metropolitan area on Tuesday said they would pay $100 to any person receiving a first dose of a COVID vaccine, as hospitals in the area are expected...
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UK aims to start trade talks with India this year
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The United Kingdom said on Tuesday it aims to start negotiations for a trade agreement with India by the end of the year. "We are currently in the pre-negotiation scoping...
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