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Defense Dept staff test positive for COVID after base tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Seven U.S. Department of Defense staff who traveled to Hawaii last week for an official trip have tested positive for COVID-19, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The staff were in H...
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Omicron unlikely to harm supply chain long-term, says U.S. commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant appears unlikely to have a long-term impact on manufacturing supply chain in the coming months but that will depend on how many people get vaccin...
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Dream Center Peoria flooded; residents evacuated
PEORIA, Ill. — Over 100 people, many of them children, were forced to evacuate Dream Center Peoria Wednesday due to flooding. Sprinklers were accidentally set off, flooding several parts of the ...
Julia Bradley Dec 23, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims hold steady below pre-pandemic level; consumer spending rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held below pre-pandemic levels last week, while consumer spending increased solidly, putting the economy on t...
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Be humble, pope tells Vatican administrators in toned-down Christmas greeting
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis told Vatican administrators in his annual Christmas greetings on Thursday to be humble but spared them the blistering critique of the bureaucra...
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Turkey’s state banks boosted lira rally after Erdogan rescue plan -four sources
By Orhan Coskun, Nevzat Devranoglu and Ebru Tuncay ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's state banks aggressively sold dollars this week, boosting a rally in the lira after President Tayyip Erdogan announced a d...
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Brazil added 324,112 formal jobs in November, 3 million in 2021
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Employment in Brazil fell 13.9% in November from the same month last year, official adjusted figures showed on Thursday, with the country adding a net 324,112 for...
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France, Italy urge more leeway for investment in EU fiscal reform
PARIS (Reuters) -France and Italy called on Thursday for the European Union's fiscal rules to allow more leeway for investments that would help the 27-nation bloc become greener and more self-sufficie...
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New European payments project hits major snag
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Some European banks are holding off on a decision to move forward with a new payments project that is intended be a home-grown rival to Mastercard and Visa, the company overseeing...
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Futures rise as Omicron worries ease
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Thursday, helped by early data suggesting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was less severe than feared, while investors looke...
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