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U.S. suicide hotline 988 is set to go live, but many states may not be ready
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - In just six months, 988 goes live as the shortcut to call or text the U.S. suicide hotline at a time when the pandemic is ramping up the need for mental health...
Jan 14, 2022
Analysis-U.S. built ‘textbook’ case of sedition charges for Capitol attack -legal experts
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors appear to have proceeded carefully in bringing sedition charges against 11 people linked to a far-right militia who took part in the deadly 2021 attack on the...
Jan 14, 2022
Exhausted parents navigate a patchwork of U.S. school COVID-19 policies
By Sharon Bernstein and Joseph Ax SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Jennifer Pierre speaks for millions of American parents when she sums up how it feels to navigate a patchwork of school COVID-19 polici...
Jan 14, 2022
Take Five: U.S. bank earnings, BoJ and (another) virtual Davos
(Reuters) - With U.S. earnings season well underway, banking heavyweights such as Goldman Sachs are lining up to report next. The Bank of Japan is the first major central bank to meet in 2022 and inve...
Jan 14, 2022
Top condom maker Karex sees 2022 demand topping pre-pandemic levels
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The world's top condom maker, Malaysia's Karex Bhd, expects demand to top pre-pandemic levels this year on consumer buying of premium products and restocking by fed...
Jan 14, 2022
UK says deal to be done with EU to solve post-Brexit trade issues
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union said on Friday they would intensify negotiations to resolve post-Brexit trade issues, with British foreign minister Liz Truss saying ...
Jan 14, 2022
China tightens screws on major money market funds
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulator issued draft rules on Friday to strengthen supervision over major money market funds to better protect investor interests. The rules would tighten scr...
Jan 14, 2022
Biden to lift spending on bridges as part of infrastructure drive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will trumpet his administration's plans to spend $27 billion fixing thousands of U.S. bridges on Friday, the latest roll-out associated with the $1 trillion ...
Jan 14, 2022
Housing, food costs push Spanish end-2021 inflation to 6.5%, highest since 1992
(Reuters) - Housing, utilities and food costs have pushed Spanish inflation to its highest since 1992 in December, final monthly data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday. Spa...
Jan 14, 2022
Maersk quarterly earnings beat expectations
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shipping group Maersk on Friday posted better than expected fourth-quarter revenue and earnings, fuelled by record freight rates for container shipping. A fall in ocean-going co...
Jan 14, 2022
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