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China’s top auto association cancels Shanghai event citing COVID
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's top auto association said on Wednesday it would cancel the second day of the China Automotive Overseas Development Summit that was taking place in Shanghai, citing the det...
Nov 22, 2022
NZ finance minister: New Zealand will come into period of strong economic growth
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the world economy faced a "year of reckoning" in 2023 but the small island nation was well placed to fend off trouble in trading pa...
Nov 22, 2022
Singapore Q3 GDP grows 4.1% y/y, slower than first estimated
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy expanded less than initially estimated in the third quarter, official data showed on Wednesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.1% year-on-year in the thi...
Nov 22, 2022
Alex Jones loses bid to slash $50 million Sandy Hook defamation verdict
By Jack Queen DALLAS (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Tuesday failed in his bid to slash a nearly $50 million defamation verdict against him over his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook...
Nov 22, 2022
FTX says receiving interest from buyers for assets
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange FTX said on Tuesday it was receiving interest from potential buyers for its assets and would conduct process to reorganize or sell them. (Reporting by Arunima Kumar...
Nov 22, 2022
U.S. House Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican members of Congress, who will set the agenda for the House next year, pressed short video app TikTok on Tuesday over concerns the company may have misled Congress abo...
Nov 22, 2022
Explainer-What’s the latest on Biden’s U.S. student loan forgiveness?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to forgive federal student loans, first announced in August, has been blocked by two legal challenges, clouding the financial future for millions...
Nov 22, 2022
Top House Republican McCarthy threatens impeachment of Homeland Security chief
By Gram Slattery and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to s...
Nov 22, 2022
Woman challenges Republican Herschel Walker to face abortion claim in public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman who alleges that U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker pressured her into having an abortion in 1993 on Tuesday challenged the Republican, who has said he opposes aborti...
Nov 22, 2022
Arraignment date set for alleged Peoria Heights arsonist
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. –A Peoria Heights man who allegedly burned down a home and damaged two others in the area last month now stands indicted by a grand jury. Skylar Walker, 32, is accused in th...
Nov 22, 2022
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