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China’s August exports to North Korea up for third month
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports to North Korea rose for the third straight month in August, but were still a fraction of their pre-COVID levels, Chinese customs data showed on Saturday. Chinese sh...
Sep 18, 2021
Arrests follow fights at Peoria High School
PEORIA, Ill. – Fights inside and outside Peoria High School Friday led to the arrests of some individuals and the postponement of two football games as a security measure. Classes were dismissed...
Sep 18, 2021
India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance, report shows
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its "huge financial muscle" to illegally hurt competitors, the country's antit...
Sep 18, 2021
Japan’s PM contender Kishida says won’t raise sales tax for a decade
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will not raise the sales tax for about a decade as imposing a higher levy on households at this time would cripple the pandemic-hit economy, Fumio Kishida, a key contender runn...
Sep 18, 2021
Chinese version of TikTok limits use of app by those under 14
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, said on Saturday that all of its authenticated users below the age of 14 will now access the app in a "youth mode", i...
Sep 18, 2021
Gunman convicted in deadly Colorado school shooting gets life without parole
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado man convicted in June of murdering a classmate during a 2019 school shooting that wounded eight others was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without ...
Sep 17, 2021
Shanghai encourages ‘duty-free economy’ as part of consumer push
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Shanghai government will support companies applying for approval to sell duty-free goods, and encourage duty-free shops to be set up at airports, hotels, malls and other commer...
Sep 17, 2021
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook Los Angeles shortly before 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday (0300 GMT on Saturday), the United States Geological Survey said. It was felt widely a...
Sep 17, 2021
California gunman pleads guilty to hate crimes in synagogue murder, mosque arson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of killing one worshiper and wounding three others in a shooting spree inside a California synagogue about a month after setting fire to a nearby mosque pleaded g...
Sep 17, 2021
Evergrande says six execs redeemed investment products in advance
BEIJING (Reuters) - Six executives of China's heavily indebted Evergrande had redeemed some of the company's investment products in advance earlier this year, the property group said on Saturday. Betw...
Sep 17, 2021
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