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Greek authorities evacuate coastal properties on Lesbos as wildfire spreads
ATHENS (Reuters) - Residents were evacuated on Saturday as a wildfire which started in mountainous forests in the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos threatened properties at the beach resort of Vatera. T...
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China says medical insurance fund in the black, responding to concerns
By Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's national medical insurance fund ran a small surplus last year, a healthcare authority said on Saturday, a rare disclosure following public concern that the fund...
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Steelmaker Voestalpine builds up gas reserve to tackle shortfalls – CEO
ZURICH (Reuters) - Voestalpine has built up sufficient gas reserves to safeguard three months of production should there be an emergency hit to supplies, the Austrian steelmaker's chief executive said...
Syndicated Content Jul 23, 2022
Orange and MasMovil sign $19 billion merger agreement in Spain
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Orange and MasMovil have signed a binding agreement to combine their operations in Spain in a deal valuing the merged entity at close to $19 billion, the two tele...
Syndicated Content Jul 23, 2022
‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty to misdemeanor for role in U.S. Capitol riot
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The far-right media personality known as "Baked Alaska" pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to a single misdemeanor charge stemming from his role in the ...
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Google fires software engineer who claimed its AI chatbot is sentient
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. Google, which...
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Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts settle trademark dispute over co-ed scouting
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts have settled their dispute over the Boy Scouts' right to use the word "scouting" to advertise co-ed programs, according to a fi...
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Uber enters non-prosecution agreement, admits covering up 2016 data breach
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has entered a non-prosecution agreement to resolve a criminal investigation into its cover-up of a significant data breach, U.S. Attorney Stephanie Hinds in San Franc...
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Secretary of State extends license expiration dates again
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Time is running out — for real, this time — if you need to get your drivers license or state I.D. card in Illinois. Expiration dates had been extended to the end ...
Will Stevenson Jul 22, 2022
Brazil government improves primary budget deficit forecast for 2022
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government projected a lower primary budget deficit this year, official figures showed on Friday, with a booming tax collection helping to improve the short-term fiscal b...
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