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Mastercard reports U.S. antitrust probe of debit card program
(Reuters) - Mastercard Inc on Thursday said the U.S. Justice Department was conducting an antitrust investigation of its U.S. debit program and competition with other payment networks. The company in ...
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US to dedicate specially trained asylum officers to centers in Guatemala, Colombia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will dedicate specially trained asylum officers to new refugee centers in Guatemala and Colombia, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ...
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Lyft to lay off over thousand workers
(Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc on Thursday said it will lay off 1,072 employees, representing 26% of the company's workforce, as part of a previously announced retrenchment plan. (Reporting by...
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Court revives charges over COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts veterans’ home
By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court on Thursday revived the indictments against two former leaders of a veterans' home charged with criminal neglect for their role...
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Elderly Japanese man opens free cafe in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - When Fuminori Tsuchiko arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv last year, he said he wanted to do anything he could to help people following Rus...
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Peruvian gas firm doubles up as pre-Hispanic tomb-finder
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian archaeologist Cecilia Camargo isn't your usual tomb-finder hunting for lost ruins: she works for the local gas firm. While installing gas pipes under roads and buildings, gas...
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Jerry Springer, Ohio mayor turned talk show host, dead at 79
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Longtime talk show host Jerry Springer, who served as Cincinnati mayor for a brief time in the 1970s, died at age 79 on Thursday, local media reported, citing a statemen...
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‘Vice News Tonight’ to go off the air as company cuts jobs
(Reuters) - Vice Media Group (VMG) said on Thursday it will cancel popular TV program "Vice News Tonight" as part of a broader restructuring that will result in job cuts across the digital media firm'...
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Argentina plans huge rate hike to 91% to stem peso slide, inflation -source
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's central bank could hike its benchmark interest rate as much as 10 percentage points to 91%, a source said on Thursday, as it tries to tame high inf...
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Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice aims to take on Democratic Senator Joe Manchin
By Kanishka Singh and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Jim Justice launched his campaign on Thursday for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Joe...
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