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‘Is there any way we can get out?’ Afghans in U.S. struggle to help relatives in Kabul
By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO/FREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) - As the Taliban took over Kabul on Sunday, Besmellah Khuram sat in his living room in Sacramento and video-called his fa...
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Crews battling California’s mammoth Dixie fire brace for high winds
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Strike teams battling a mammoth wildfire displacing thousands of northern California residents braced for a resurgence of high winds on Monday, as the state's largest utili...
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LG Display says to invest $2.8 billion in small- to mid-size OLED facilities
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Display Co Ltd said on Tuesday it plans to invest 3.3 trillion won ($2.83 billion) in small- to mid-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel facilities. The investment will ...
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Jay-Z-backed Parent Company’s revenue beats on hot weed demand
(Reuters) - Californian pot producer TPCO Holding Corp, better known as Parent Company, beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday as demand surged for weed-infused products during the pandemic. T...
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Factbox-Biden’s speech on Afghanistan: key quotes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday stood by his decision to end the longest war in United States history and rejected criticism from both allies and adversaries that poor planni...
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Australia’s Westpac mulls paying back investors, flags lower margins
(Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp said on Tuesday it would consider returning capital to shareholders as Australia's post-pandemic economic rebound allows its big banks to return some of their record l...
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Don McLean gets Hollywood star as ‘American Pie’ hits 50
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Don McLean got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, marking the 50th anniversary of his classic single "American Pie." McLean, 75, recalled how the...
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U.S. administers 357.29 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 357,292,057 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning and distributed 415,958,305 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
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Buffett’s Berkshire pares drug holdings, sheds Axalta, Biogen
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it trimmed or eliminated its stakes in several pharmaceutical companies, and reported a small new stake in a Merc...
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Biden administration appeals federal court decision to block oil, gas leasing pause
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Monday challenged a federal judge's decision in June to block the Interior Department's pause on oil and gas leasing on public la...
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