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China’s Sinopec posts $6 billion H1 profit on rebounding oil prices, better demand
(Corrects dateline to Aug 29, no change to story text) BEIJING (Reuters) -China Petroleum & Chemical Corp on Sunday reported a 39.15 billion yuan ($6.05 billion) net profit for the first six months of...
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As recall looms, California governor aims to galvanize Democrats
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom and his supporters are stepping up their fight against a Republican-backed recall with a barrage of door knocks, tex...
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Lufthansa plans more flights to woo business travellers -report
BERLIN (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa aims to win back business travellers by increasing the number of flights and improving catering, an executive board member was quoted as saying on Sunday. L...
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Louisiana braces for powerful hurricane as COVID-19 taxes hospitals
By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida was expected to make landfall in the U.S. on Sunday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm that could plung...
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Wedding certificate and cell phone: How a U.S. veteran’s wife fled Afghanistan
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whipped by the Taliban and shoved from behind by other desperate Afghans, marriage certificate in hand, Sharifa Afzali thrust her cell phone at the U.S. soldi...
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Tesla’s Musk signals concerns over Nvidia deal for UK chip maker -The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has signaled competition concerns over Nvidia Corp's planned purchase of British chip designer Arm, the Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing multiple ...
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Dragons fly as Chinese millennials take a shine to gold
By Emily Chow SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For many affluent young Chinese consumers, modern simplicity is out and tradition is back in when it comes to jewellery. Sales of gold bracelets, pendants, earrings ...
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U.S. administers 367.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 367,911,870 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 439,428,235 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Researchers, cybersecurity agency urge action by Microsoft cloud database users
By Joseph Menn (Reuters) - Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft Corp's Azure cloud platform on Saturday urged all users to change their digital access ke...
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Theranos founder claims abuse by ex-boyfriend in fraud trial -court filings
(Reuters) - Theranos Inc founder Elizabeth Holmes has accused her former boyfriend, who was president of the blood-testing startup, of abusing her, court documents unsealed on Saturday showed, hinting...
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