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Canada’s economy holds its breath as Delta variant stalks trade partners
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - With some 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19, Canada tops a ranking of major countries fighting the pandemic, but that success is unlikely to fully s...
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U.S. Justice Department reaches voting agreement with New Jersey
By Doina Chiacu and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has settled a voting rights lawsuit with New Jersey and state officials. A department lawsuit said t...
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AFL-CIO President Trumka, prominent U.S. labor leader, dies
By David Shepardson and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, head of the largest U.S. labor organization and a key figure in Democratic politics, has died at age 72, re...
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Amazon delays office return until January – memo
By Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it would not expect U.S. corporate employees to return to the office until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic, ac...
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Canada regulator obtains court order to advance review of Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - The Canadian regulator looking into telecom company Rogers Communications' planned C$20 billion ($16 billion) purchase of Shaw Communications, has obtained court orders ...
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White House confirms U.S. may require foreign visitors be vaccinated
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Thursday confirmed it may require visitors from abroad to be vaccinated as part of its plans to eventually reopen international travel but ...
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Fed’s Waller says accommodative policy may be pulled back sooner than expected
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery is progressing rapidly, the labor market is improving and it may be possible for the Federal Reserve to start withdrawing its accommodative mon...
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Ex-Societe Generale banker wins U.S. appeal in Libor-rigging case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former head of Societe Generale SA's Treasury desk in Paris can stay in France, rather than travel to the United States, to defend against U.S. charges she t...
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Seven U.S. states with least shots make up half of COVID cases -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven U.S. states with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates account for half of the country's new cases and hospitalizations in the last week, the White House said on Thursday....
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Apple plans to scan U.S. iPhones for child abuse imagery – FT
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is planning to install a software on U.S. iPhones that will scan for child abuse imagery, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlie...
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