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Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for 40.5% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) - Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5% of COVID-19 cases in the United States in the week of Dec. 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, data from the U.S. Cente...
Dec 30, 2022
Venezuela economy grew 17.73% y/y through September – central bank
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's economy grew 17.73% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2022, the South American country's central bank said Friday, following an eight-year economic collapse...
Dec 30, 2022
Apple CEO Cook conveyed app store curb concerns to Japan PM – Nikkei
(Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook asked Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider protecting users when regulating distribution of smartphone apps, Nikkei reported on Friday citin...
Dec 30, 2022
U.S. ramps up immigration arrests mostly at Mexican border
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by U.S. President Joe Bide...
Dec 30, 2022
Biden issues six pardons, including for minor drug convictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pardoned six people who already served time for crimes, including five convicted of minor drug or alcohol-related offenses and a woman who kil...
Dec 30, 2022
Russia outlines plan for ‘unfriendly’ investors to sell up at half-price
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign investors from "unfriendly" countries selling stakes in Russian assets may have to do so at half-price or less, the finance ministry said on Friday, with the Russian budget ...
Dec 30, 2022
Italy police seize Rubens masterpiece after fraud investigation
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Friday they had seized a painting on display by the 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens after a fraud investigation into its owners. The masterpiece, ...
Dec 30, 2022
Person taken into custody in connection with homicides of four Idaho students – NBC News
(Reuters) -A 25-year-old man was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Friday in connection with the homicides of four University of Idaho students in November, NBC News reported, citing law enforceme...
Dec 30, 2022
Person taken into custody in connection with homicides of four Idaho students – NBC News
(Reuters) -A 25-year-old man was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Friday in connection with the homicides of four University of Idaho students in November, NBC News reported, citing law enforceme...
Dec 30, 2022
Chevron to load Venezuelan oil for exports, supply diluents to joint venture
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp has sent an oil tanker to Venezuela to load the first cargo of crude destined for the United States in nearly four years, according to a person famil...
Dec 30, 2022
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