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WHO’s pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a draft report ...
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As Delta surges, U.S. military braces for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During his last days before dying from COVID-19, 26-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Myers played a breathing game with himself at a Flo...
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Explainer-Think global, spend local: public deals shielded amid pandemic
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Governments and local authorities around the world have for decades put domestic companies first in the massive public procurement decisions they make with ta...
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From comforter-in-chief to persona non grata: Cuomo’s stunning fall
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -For much of last year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was perhaps the most trusted politician in America; his daily televised coronavirus briefings, accompanied by a PowerPoint...
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U.K. considers blocking Nvidia’s $40 billion takeover deal for Arm – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The UK government is considering blocking chip designer Nvidia Corp's $40 billion acquisition of British peer Arm Ltd on potential national security risks, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesd...
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U.S. SEC Chair Gensler calls on Congress to help rein in crypto ‘Wild West’
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday called on Congress to give the agency more authority to better police cryptocurrency ...
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Thousands of migrant kids stuck in U.S. border patrol custody -again
By Mica Rosenberg and Go Nakamura ROMA, Texas (Reuters) - The number of migrant children in Border Patrol facilities has been steadily rising, an analysis of U.S. government data shows, as record numb...
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Nikola slashes annual outlook on supply chain issues, shares drop
(Reuters) - Nikola Corp on Tuesday halved its annual deliveries estimate and slashed its revenue forecast as supply chain issues drove delays in receiving certain parts, dragging the electric-truck ma...
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U.S. orders new environmental review of drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would conduct a new environmental review of oil and gas leasing in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A notice posted on a federal govern...
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GM to shut truck assembly plants again, cites global chip shortage
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Tuesday said its three North American full-size pickup truck assembly plants would be shut down next week due to the global semiconductor chip shortage. The id...
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