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R&B singer R. Kelly goes on trial for alleged sex abuse
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - The R&B superstar R. Kelly goes on trial on Wednesday in Brooklyn on charges he was the ringleader of a two-decade scheme where he recruited women and underage ...
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U.S. senators urge FTC to probe Tesla over self-driving claims
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Wednesday pressed the Federal Trade Commission to probe Tesla, saying the company has misled consumers and endangered the public by marketing its driving...
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‘Berserk’ UK house prices rise at fastest rate since 2004
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose in June at the fastest annual rate since 2004 as the market surged ahead of a phasing out of a tax break on property purchases, official data showed on Wed...
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Shares in Indonesia’s Bukalapak extend falls, shed over 20% since IPO
(Corrects price in paragraph 1 to 830 rupiah, not 830,000) (Reuters) - Shares in Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak dropped by 6.74% on Wednesday to 830 rupiah, with the stock shedding 21% since its...
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Top earning bankers shifted from Britain to EU ahead of Brexit
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain lost nearly a hundred highly paid bankers ahead of its departure from the European Union, the bloc's banking watchdog said on Wednesday, the latest confirmation...
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Art lovers flock to see master Antonio Lopez paint on Madrid square
By Michael Gore MADRID (Reuters) - It's not often you get the chance to see a master at work, but Madrid residents have recently been able to watch one of Spain's greatest living artists set up his st...
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Nigeria’s hyena men put maligned animals centre stage
By Nneka Chile and Seun Sanni KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - A hyena may not be your average house pet, but in northern Nigeria some men keep the creatures in their homes, display them at festivals and eve...
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China rebukes 43 apps including Tencent’s WeChat for breaking data transfer rules
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday that 43 apps, including Tencent Holdings Ltd's WeChat, were found to have illegally transferred us...
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Tencent second-quarter profit rises 29%, beats estimates
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings posted a 29% rise in second-quarter profit, a slower pace of growth after the coronavirus pandemic led to a boom in online ga...
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Crypto exchange Binance hires former US Treasury criminal investigator
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Binance said on Wednesday it had appointed a former U.S. Treasury criminal investigator as its global money laundering reporting officer, part of an attempt by one of the world's...
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