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Square investors approve $29 billion buyout of Afterpay
(Reuters) - Square Inc shareholders have approved the issuance of new shares for the U.S. company's $29 billion purchase of Afterpay Ltd, bringing Australia and the buy now, pay later sector's largest...
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Asia tourism reopens with big-spending Chinese stuck at home
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Asia's gradual easing of international travel curbs is proving a welcome relief for the region's hard-hit tourism operators slowly opening up to visitors from around the wor...
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Husband of cinematographer killed in Baldwin shooting hires lawyer
By David Thomas (Reuters) - Matt Hutchins, whose wife Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot dead by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the film "Rust" last month, has hired a Los Angeles-based law firm ...
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Ex-Westpac boss Hartzer joins Australian startup Reejig as chairman
(Reuters) - Australian startup Reejig said on Thursday former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has joined as chairman, his latest role after a major money-laundering scandal at the lender forced his exit in...
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COP26 coal deals take aim at dirtiest fossil fuel
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop GLASGOW (Reuters) - Poland, Vietnam, Chile and other countries will pledge on Thursday to phase out coal-fuelled power generation and stop building new plants, in a dea...
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Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wins re-election -AP
(Reuters) - Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy won a second term, defeating Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Murphy, 64, is the first Democratic ...
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U.S. administers 425.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 425,272,828 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 525,071,855 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Manulife, Sun Life profits rise, as asset management growth offsets COVID, hurricane impact
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada's two biggest life insurance companies, Manulife Financial and Sun Life Financial, reported a rise in third-quarter profits on Wednesday, driven by grow...
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s jail conditions rival Hannibal Lecter’s, her lawyer says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell, accused of enabling financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses, has endured jail conditions comparable to Hannibal Lecter's in the 1991 film ...
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Deadly U.S. strike in Kabul missed evidence of child present, investigation finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An August U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians was not caused by criminal negligence but by a series of errors, including not noticing a child minutes before the ...
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