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Rare white-cheeked gibbon born in Polish zoo
WARSAW (Reuters) - A rare white-cheeked gibbon named Dao has been born in a zoo in the Polish city of Wroclaw, moving the critically endangered species a small step further away from extinction. There...
Oct 29, 2021
Republican lawmaker who voted to impeach Trump will not seek re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, one of the few Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump, on Friday said he would not seek re-election in 2022. Th...
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. President Biden says Pope told him he should keep receiving Communion
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Pope Francis told him he should keep receiving Communion, after holding an unusually long meeting with him at the Vatican. Asked if aborti...
Oct 29, 2021
China’s Kuaishou says co-founder Su Hua to step down as chief executive
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Short-video apps owner Kuaishou said on Friday that its co-founder Su Hua was stepping down as chief executive with immediate effect and would be suc...
Oct 29, 2021
After Facebook change, Big Tech’s FAANG considers toothless MAANG
By Medha Singh and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - MAANG? MANGA? Or MAMATA? Facebook's rebranding to Meta Platforms has launched a search for a new name for the high-flying FAANG group that also includes Ap...
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. issues new Iran-related sanctions -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has issued a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions targeting four individuals and two entities linked to Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a notice p...
Oct 29, 2021
China’s top airlines post wider losses on COVID-19 resurgence
By Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - China's three biggest airlines on Friday posted wider third-quarter losses than in the previous quarter as a resurgence of local COVID-19 cases...
Oct 29, 2021
Big oil says up to governments at climate talks to rein in demand
LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders of Europe's biggest oil and gas companies said political leaders attending U.N. climate talks that start this week must make carbon markets more effective and that only gove...
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. asks transit agencies to conduct inspections after Washington subway derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) said Friday it had asked U.S. transit agencies to conduct fleet-wide inspections of wheel gauges on rail cars following the Oct. 12 dera...
Oct 29, 2021
WeWork gets $150 million investment from real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield
(Reuters) - Real estate services company Cushman & Wakefield said on Friday it had invested $150 million in WeWork Inc, days after the office-sharing firm started trading on the New York Stock Exchang...
Oct 29, 2021
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