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New Zealand banks, post office hit by outages in apparent cyber attack
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Websites of a number of financial institutions in New Zealand and its national postal service were briefly down on Wednesday, with officials saying they were battli...
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Idaho activates healthcare rationing in northern parts of state due to COVID-19
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Idaho on Tuesday activated "crisis standards of care" to allow for healthcare rationing at hospitals in northern parts of the state due to a surge in COVID-19 patients re...
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Factbox-What is the ‘metaverse’ and how does it work?
By Joori Roh (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has sparked huge interest in shared virtual environments, or the "metaverse". Here's how it works: WHAT IS THE METAVERSE? Metaverse, a term first coin...
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South Korea’s ‘Gen MZ’ leads rush into the ‘metaverse’
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean engineer Shaun has big plans to develop the parcels of land he has snapped up for millions of won (thousands of dollars) in recent years into long-term mone...
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Dollar near one-week top amid rise in yields, caution before ECB
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a one-week peak on Wednesday against major peers, buoyed by higher Treasury yields and a weaker euro amid caution before a European Central ...
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Former U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III dies at 90 -New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III, the namesake son and great-grandson of famous Illinois Democratic politicians, died at his Chicago home on Monday at age 90, the New Yor...
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Indonesia’s Intudo Ventures closes $115 million third fund
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian venture capital firm Intudo Ventures said on Wednesday it had closed its third "Indonesia-only" fund at $115 million, amid a tech sector boom for Southeast Asia's larg...
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Japan upgrades Q2 GDP on stronger business spending
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economy grew faster than the initially estimated in the April-June quarter, helped by solid capital expenditure, although a resurgence ...
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U.S. NHC says 50% chance of cyclone formation in Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there was a 50% chance of a cyclone formation over the south-central Gulf of Mexico in the next 48 hours. "A tropical or subtropical depr...
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Ethel Kennedy opposes parole for husband RFK’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, voiced opposition on Tuesday to a California review panel's recommendation that the man serving a life term for assass...
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