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Analysis: U.S. liberals see dwindling legal options to challenge voting curbs
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley (Reuters) - During the bitter legal battles over the 2020 presidential election, conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled an embrace of a once-marginal leg...
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Theranos founder’s abuse claims add wrinkle to jury selection in fraud case
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' claims that she was abused by the company's chief operating officer, who at the time was her boyfriend, could complicate jury sele...
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Peoria shooting leaves man seriously injured
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called around 7:20 p.m. Monday to the area of Charlton Street and McBean on reports of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found an adult male victim with g...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2021
Australian state rejects POSCO’s bid to build new coal mine, rail line
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - New South Wales's planning regulator on Tuesday rejected a plan by a unit of South Korea's POSCO to develop a coking coal mine and rail line in the Australian state, saying that ...
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Euro zone inflation surges to 10-year high, in big headache for ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation surged to a 10-year-high this month with further rises still likely to come, challenging the European Central Bank's benign view on price growth and its commi...
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China’s market regulator proposes amendments to e-commerce law
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's market regulator proposed amendments to the country's e-commerce law, saying that licences can be revoked if the platforms fail to take necessary measures against vendors w...
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Hong Kong July retail sales rise 2.9% as pandemic threat eases
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong retail sales rose 2.9% in July from a year earlier, the sixth consecutive month of growth, as demand benefited from a stabilising of COVID-19 and an improved labour mar...
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UK households rein in borrowing in July, repay mortgages
LONDON (Reuters) -British consumers curbed their borrowing in July when the country was hit by a rise in COVID-19 cases which triggered tough self-isolation rules, and homeowners made a rare net repay...
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Hong Kong’s strict quarantine rules threaten to erode allure of financial hub
(Refiles to fix headline grammar, no change to text) By Farah Master and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's government is facing growing pressure from business lobby groups to open borders...
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Explainer-Why and how China is drastically limiting online gaming for under 18s
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday introduced new rules that limit the amount of time under-18s can spend on video games to three hours a week, a move it said was necessary to combat gaming addiction...
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