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Depression, suicidal thoughts prevalent in high school students during pandemic -U.S. study
By Leroy Leo (Reuters) - More than a third of high school students surveyed in the United States experienced stress, anxiety or depression, and nearly a fifth said they seriously considered suicide du...
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Swiss watchmakers grapple with fallout of Russian crisis
By Silke Koltrowitz GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss watchmakers are gathering in Geneva this week for their first big industry event in three years, tackling the impact of sanctions on rich Russians arising ...
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Amazon’s union vote counts start in Alabama, New York
By Jeffrey Dastin and Danielle Kaye (Reuters) - U.S. regulators overseeing union elections at Amazon.com Inc's warehouses in New York and Alabama started tallying thousands of votes cast by workers in...
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Canadian firm lobbies Brazil for Amazon potash mine permit
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Toronto-based Brazil Potash Corp has laid out for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro this week its plans to reduce his country's dependence on fertilizer imports...
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USDA corn plantings forecast falls below expectations
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers intend to plant 89.490 million acres of corn in 2022, down 4% from last year and below the lowest in a range of trade expectations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
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Social media interoperability project Bluesky names first employees
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Bluesky, a company funded by Twitter Inc to develop a new operating standard for social media, on Thursday will name its first three employees, more than two years after Twi...
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Brazil central bank quadruples exposure to Chinese yuan
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank more than quadrupled its foreign reserves in Chinese yuan last year, policymakers reported on Thursday, as it trimmed holdings of U.S. dolla...
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U.S. House panel sets hearing to press for electric postal vehicles
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Wednesday it will hold an April 5 hearing on U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to purchase electric vehicles,...
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Global green finance rises over 100 fold in the past decade -study
(Reuters) - Global green financing, aimed at environmentally friendly projects around the world, has grown over 100 times in the past decade, a new study from the TheCityUK and BNP Paribas showed. Glo...
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Florida judge rules new Republican-backed voting restrictions unconstitutional
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Florida on Thursday invalidated several of the state's new Republican-backed voting restrictions, ruling that they violate minority voters' constitutional rights. In a l...
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