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Black mothers in the US speak of challenges and resilience
By Joy Malone TOMS RIVER, New Jersey (Reuters) - Ciara Clark, a Black doula, labored for more than nine hours at home before making a last-minute switch to go to the hospital to give birth. With her o...
May 12, 2023
U.S. regional bank shares look to recover from bruising selloff
(Reuters) - Shares of major U.S. regional banks booked slim gains in premarket trading on Friday, a day after getting hammered by deposit declines at PacWest and a banking regulator's decision to impo...
May 12, 2023
Former US Marine surrenders, to be charged in choking death on New York subway – CNN
(Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was taken into custody on Friday and expected to be arraigned on a manslaughter cha...
May 12, 2023
Spanish police arrest 69 over bot scheme cashing in on asylum seekers
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested 69 people allegedly connected to a criminal gang that hacked an online booking system for police appointments and resold the sessions to asylum seekers ...
May 12, 2023
India antitrust body wants inquiry into Google in-app payments fees
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust body said an inquiry is needed into allegations that service fee charged for in-app payments by Google breach a competition watchdog directive, ...
May 12, 2023
World Bank’s Malpass: risk of U.S. default adds to woes facing slowing global economy
By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - The risk of a U.S. default is adding to problems facing the slowing global economy, with rising interest rates and high debt levels already choking back inv...
May 12, 2023
Output slows at Stellantis plant in Italy as workers strike over conditions
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) - Vehicle production has been slowed at a Stellantis plant in southern Italy in the past few days due to strikes by employees protesting over working conditions, t...
May 12, 2023
Thyssenkrupp workers urge Berlin to move quickly on steel subsidies
By Tom Kckenhoff DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp has urged Berlin to move quickly to approve hundreds of millions in subsidies for a landmark carbon-neutral steel site, with one of the company's ...
May 12, 2023
Vietnam EV maker VinFast to list in the U.S. via a SPAC
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's electric automaker VinFast said on Friday it will list in the U.S. via a merger with Black Spade Acquisition Co, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), in a deal exp...
May 12, 2023
Animoca Brands token reserves down 36% after crypto plunge
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming developer Animoca Brands said its token reserves stood at $2.7 billion at the end of April, down some 36% from figures publis...
May 12, 2023
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