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SpaceX set to make history with first all-civilian crew launched into orbit
By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The latest in a recent line of space-obsessed billionaires was set for liftoff on Wednesday with three less wealthy private citi...
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Gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman to testify in U.S. Senate sex abuse probe
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman will testify on Wednesday about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor La...
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Biden’s child tax credit pays big in Republican states, popular with voters
By Jason Lange and Chris Kahn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A one-year expansion of the U.S. child tax credit, a policy championed by President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats over Republican opposition, ...
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Greek unemployment drops to 14.2% in July
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's jobless rate dropped to 14.2% in July from 15.0% in the previous month, data from the statistics service ELSTAT showed on Wednesday. Seasonally adjusted data showed 664,384...
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Ghana’s economy grew by 8.9% in second quarter, president says
DAKAR (Reuters) - Ghana's economy grew by 8.9% in the second quarter, President Nana Akufo-Addo told an investment conference on Wednesday as the oil-, cocoa-, and gold-producing nation recovers from ...
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Commerzbank to appoint new board members from Erste and Roland Berger – Handelsblatt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank is planning to appoint Erste Group's Thomas Schaufler and Roland Berger's Joerg Oliveri del Castillo-Schulz to its management board, Handelsblatt reported on Wednesda...
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Afghanistan’s acting central bank head says commercial banks “completely secure”
LONDON (Reuters) - Afghanistan's banks are secure and conducting operations "better than before", the Taliban's acting head of the country's central bank said on Wednesday. Worries have been mounting ...
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The micro-economy spinning around Messi’s Paris adventure
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - For Paris photographer Olivier Sanchez, there is only one story in town: the new life of Lionel Messi. Newspapers and magazines around the world harangue his Crystal...
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A Minute With: singer Lola Lennox on making music with family
By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Lola Lennox teamed up with her boyfriend, model and musician Braeden Wright as well as her famous mother, Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox, to work on her music ...
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Biden to meet executives from Microsoft, Disney on COVID-19 vaccine mandate – WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet Wednesday with executives from companies including Walt Disney Co, Microsoft Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc to advance his COVID-19 vacc...
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