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Strong gusts, arid conditions flame growing California wildfires
By Fred Greaves GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. (Reuters) - Shifting winds and bone-dry conditions fueled two of California's largest wildfires on Wednesday, forcing several rural communities to evacuate. The b...
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Analysis: Workers at Chile’s Escondida mine hit jackpot, raise bar in labor talks elsewhere
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An historic benefits package at BHP's sprawling Escondida copper mine has raised the prospect for tough new negotiations and strikes at mines around the country,...
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CME denies media report of $16 billion takeover bid for rival Cboe
(Reuters) - Exchange operator CME Group Inc on Wednesday denied a media report that it approached rival Cboe Global Markets Inc with a $16 billion all-share takeover offer. The Financial Times, citing...
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Maersk signs first green methanol deal in step towards dropping fossil fuels
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Wednesday it had signed a contract securing green methanol as the world's largest shipping firm gears up to operate its first carbon-neutral ship in 2...
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Biden to make COVID-19 nursing home staff vaccinations a condition for receiving Medicare, Medicaid -AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will require nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for their facilities to receive funds from the public Med...
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Facebook removes dozens of vaccine misinformation ‘superspreaders’
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it removed over three dozen pages spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, after the White House called on social media firms to tighten controls on pandemic-rel...
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Drop in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Delta seen in U.S. nursing homes
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for people in American nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where residents are often elderly and frail, has dropped since the...
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Canada’s hot inflation takes center stage in election campaign
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) -At the gas pumps and in the grocery store, on their utility bills and especially when looking for housing, Canadians are feeling the pinch of red-hot inflation and th...
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Afghan film director recounts escape from Kabul
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - Sahraa Karimi had been waiting in line for nearly three hours to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul on Sunday when the bank manager came over and urged...
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Sugar rally could help India to export 6 million tonnes without subsidy
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India could export 6 million tonnes of sugar in the new season starting in October even without government subsidies, with global pr...
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