July 2017
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Exclusive: Majority of Americans support transgender military service – poll
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A majority of Americans believe that transgender individuals should be allowed to serve in the military, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday. The July 26-28 poll…
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London police make arrests at protest over death of detainee
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Police in east London made some arrests after they were attacked with bottles during a protest over the death of man who had been detained a week earlier, police said on…
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China says one of its 'most wanted' fugitives now in custody
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ren Biao, one of China’s most wanted fugitives accused of forgery and fraudulently obtaining loans, has returned to the country and handed himself over to the police, the graft watchdog said…
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Broncos linebacker Ray could miss start of season
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Denver Broncos linebacker Shane Ray could miss the start of the NFL season after sustaining a ligament tear in his left wrist that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. Ray…
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Tesla's Musk hands over first Model 3 electric cars to early buyers
[ad_1] FREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday the Model 3 had over half a million advance reservations as he handed over the first 30 to employee buyers, setting…
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Trump to sign Russia sanctions, Moscow retaliates
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and…
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Wells Fargo cuts 69 executive jobs: spokesman
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) said on Friday it is cutting 69 executive jobs at its retail unit, as part of a restructuring in the division. Some of the executives positions will…
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For Trump, the honeymoon with Putin may be finally over
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the U.S. expulsion of Russian diplomats and seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds.…
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Ford to repair U.S. police vehicles after carbon monoxide concerns
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said Friday it will pay to repair police versions of its Ford Explorer SUVs to correct possible carbon monoxide leaks that may be linked to crashes and injuries…
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Ivory Coast seizes record haul of pangolin scales
[ad_1] ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has seized three tonnes of pangolin scales and arrested eight people for trading the valuable armor of the world’s most trafficked animal, a police chief said. The small, armadillo-like…
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DoubleLine's Gundlach sues California wine merchant over bogus Bordeaux
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world’s best-known bond investors, has sued a California wine merchant he said sold him several dozen bottles of fake wine, including Bordeaux that experts consider…
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Three-man crew reaches space station as U.S. boosts research
[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday, giving NASA for the first time four astronauts to boost U.S. research projects aboard the orbiting laboratory. A…
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Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday, installing retired General John Kelly in his place in…
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Migrant kills man in Hamburg supermarket stabbing, six hurt
[ad_1] HAMBURG (Reuters) – A 26-year-old migrant to Germany who was supposed to leave the country went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday, killing a 50-year-old man…
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Union cheers as trucks kept out of U.S. self-driving legislation
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Teamsters union on Friday praised House lawmakers for keeping self-driving commercial trucks out of a proposed bill aimed at speeding deployment of the advanced technology for cars. The U.S. House…
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Toshiba to give Western Digital notice on closing memory sale
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp (6502.T) has agreed to give Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) two weeks’ notice before closing any sale of a memory chip unit that would involve transferring joint venture shares that Western…
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Hundreds of counties at risk for no Obamacare insurer in 2018
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of…
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Swimming: Russians take triple gold in Budapest; Manuel beats Sjostrom
[ad_1] BUDAPEST (Reuters) – – Russia took triple gold across the 200-metre events at the world championships on Friday, thanks to Anton Chupkov and Yuliya Efimova in a breaststroke double and Evgeny Rylov in the…
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Amazon everywhere: E-commerce titan is topic companies can't avoid
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – What looms over businesses as far flung as car repair, lab equipment and swimming pool gear? In a word, Amazon. Almost 700 U.S. companies have reported quarterly results so far…
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Addio Charlie Gard, "Il nostro splendido bimbo se n’è andato"
[ad_1] LONDRA – E’ morto il piccolo Charlie Gard. “Il nostro splendido bambino se n’è andato”: è il lapidario annuncio dato dai genitori del bimbo britannico malato terminale dopo che il dibattito sul prolungare artificialmente…
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S&P 500 dented by earnings; Dow hits record high
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The S&P 500 slipped on Friday on negative reactions to earnings reports from high-profile names such as Amazon, Exxon and Starbucks and a drop in shares of tobacco companies. The Dow industrials,…
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U.S. court decision may boost biofuels, hit refiners
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government may have to require more biofuels to be blended into the country’s fuel supply after a court ruled on Friday that the mandates must be reconsidered, a…
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Charlie Gard, 'beautiful little boy' at heart of dispute, dies
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Charlie Gard, a British baby who became the subject of a bitter dispute between his parents and doctors over whether he should be taken to the United States for experimental treatment,…
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Clooney vows to sue French magazine over twins' photos
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – George Clooney on Friday said he would take legal action against a French magazine that published the first photos of his newborn twins. The “Ocean’s Eleven” actor said photographers from…
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Exclusive: Congress asks U.S. agencies for Kaspersky Lab cyber documents
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel this week asked 22 government agencies to share documents on Moscow-based cyber firm Kaspersky Lab, saying its products could be used to carry out “nefarious activities…
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North Korea fires missile into sea off east coast, possibly an ICBM
[ad_1] SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile on Friday in an unusual late-night test launch, and details announced by officials in Japan, South Korea and the United States suggested it was an intercontinental…
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McCain, once belittled by Trump, hands him big defeat in healthcare vote
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the end, it was a simple hand gesture – Senator John McCain pointing his right index finger in a downward motion to register a no vote – that ruined his…
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Arkansas limits on abortion pill can proceed: appeals court
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that an Arkansas law restricting the use of the so-called abortion pill could proceed, overturning a lower court’s decision in 2015 that blocked the law…
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Vaccini: ‘No Vax’ aggrediscono tre deputati Pd
[ad_1] ROMA – Attimi di paura stamani per tre deputati del Partito Democratico, Elisa Mariano, Ludovico Vico e Salvatore Capone, aggrediti all’uscita della Camera dei deputati, dopo il voto sul decreto-vaccini. Intanto dinanzi a Montecitorio…
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South Africa's east coast sees return of Sardine Run
[ad_1] KELSO, South Africa (Reuters) – Fishermen on South Africa’s east coast were treated on Friday to a sight they have waited five years to see as millions of sardines swam in from the Indian…
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