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Angelina Jolie wants kids to ‘fight back’ with new child rights book
By Rollo Ross and Marie-Louise Gumuchian (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she hopes to empower children around the world with tools to "fight back" for their rights with a book she ha...
Sep 01, 2021
Coronavirus vaccine team and Southgate win at GQ Awards
LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert and England manager Gareth Southgate were among the winners at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards on Wednesday. The men's fashion and style ma...
Sep 01, 2021
Negotiations over major copper mine contract kick off in Panama
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's government launched contract talks on Wednesday with the local unit of Canada's First Quantum in a bid to get the Canadian miner to pay more in royalty payments and im...
Sep 01, 2021
Stellantis to buy U.S. auto finance provider First Investors for $285 million
(Reuters) - Automaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it would acquire U.S. auto finance provider First Investors Financial Services Group for about $285 million in cash from an investor group led by Gal...
Sep 01, 2021
Trump backs opponent of Republican House member who voted to impeach him
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Army veteran Joe Kent's bid to unseat Republican U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. DOJ preparing to sue Google over digital ads business -Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is readying a second monopoly lawsuit against Alphabet Inc-owned Google over the internet search giant's digital advertising business, Bloomberg News...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. FAA probing Virgin Galactic July 11 flight deviation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating the deviation of the descent of the July 11 flight of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane that car...
Sep 01, 2021
Illinois Senate passes bill to save nuclear plants, sends to House
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - The Illinois Senate passed a bill early on Wednesday that aims to prevent two nuclear power plants from shutting this autumn, sending the legislation to the House where ...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. judge says he will approve Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan that shields Sacklers
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge said he will approve OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP's bankruptcy reorganization plan, clearing a path to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits and shielding the company's wea...
Sep 01, 2021
U.S. SEC sues BitConnect founder over alleged $2 billion cryptocurrency fraud
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect over his alleged role in fraudul...
Sep 01, 2021
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