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U.S. offers refuge to more Afghans who aided Americans in new program

By Jonathan Landay and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands more Afghans who may be targets o...

3rd August, 2021

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Delta variant surges across U.S. South; political leaders clamp down again

By Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne (Reuters) -The U.S. states of Florida and Louisiana were at or near th...

3rd August, 2021

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Brazil electoral court to probe Bolsonaro for attacks on voting system

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court, the TSE, decided on Monday that it wi...

3rd August, 2021

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New Zealand PM Ardern takes COVID-19 test after reporting sick

(Corrects to remove extraneous word in first paragraph.) WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Pr...

3rd August, 2021

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Iran warns of response if security threatened after ship attack -TV

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will respond promptly to any threat against its security, the...

3rd August, 2021

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China quietly sets new ‘buy Chinese’ targets for state companies – U.S. sources

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s government quietly issued new procuremen...

2nd August, 2021

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Some U.S. states turn to vaccine mandates for key workers as COVID cases rise

By Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne (Reuters) -New York’s governor on Monday urged businesses to tur...

2nd August, 2021

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How to watch the Olympics at work – comprehensive employers guide and workers rights

As the 2020 Olympics are now in full swing, much like last month’s Euros, a lot of the coverag...

2nd August, 2021

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Green Procurement

By Simon Taylor, Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance. On World Environment Day, the UK Government made...

2nd August, 2021

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U.S. Senate pushes ahead with $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will try to complete work th...

2nd August, 2021

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Delta spreads ‘like wildfire’ as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker

By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With a new wave of COVID-19 infections fueled by the...

2nd August, 2021

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We need to get the travel industry moving again, UK PM Johnson says

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he wanted to get the trav...

2nd August, 2021