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Houston will pay $100 to anyone receiving first COVID vaccine dose
(Reuters) - Anybody who receives the first dose of a COVID vaccine before the end of August in the county that encompasses Houston will receive $100, the county's top elected official said on Tuesday....
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Exclusive: India likely to withdraw sugar export subsidies from new season
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is expected to withdraw sugar export subsidies from the new season beginning October as a sharp rise in global prices makes it easier...
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Exclusive: India starts selling oil from strategic reserves after policy shift
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has begun selling oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to state-run refiners as it implements a new policy to commercialise its federal storage by ...
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YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts that are believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to clarify their rules on the gr...
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Boston Dynamics’ backflipping robot shows off new ‘parkour’ routine
(Reuters) - Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, Atlas, has been showing off its new skill, parkour or free running atop and over obstacles. A new video released on Tuesday shows Atlas leaping over obstac...
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Purdue’s Sackler: family has ‘responsibility’ to help curb opioid crisis but wants liability shields
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A member of the Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma testified on Tuesday that his family bears a "moral responsibility" to help abate the U.S. opioid crisis but said ...
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Canadian lumber producers to shed lofty profit gains as demand recedes
By Rithika Krishna (Reuters) - North American timber producers are expected to see a dip in current-quarter profit after lumber demand for do-it-yourself home projects decreased following the easing o...
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Amen to that: Norway’s wealth fund boss preaches sustainable finance in church
By Gwladys Fouche ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) - Nicolai Tangen broke new ground as the head of Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday by preaching on the virtues of sustainable capitali...
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The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use $550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbo...
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Two former police officers reject plea offers in Jan. 6 case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia, have rejected initial plea deal offers by the U.S. Justice Department to resolve charges stemming from t...
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