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U.S. senators ask Trump spy chief nominee to clarify testimony on torture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee wrote to President Donald Trump's nominee for the top U.S. intelligence job on Wednesday seeking clarification of his views...
May 13, 2020
U.S. governors call for less partisanship, more aid to fight pandemic
By Maria Caspani and Doina Chiacu NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governors from both major political parties on Wednesday urged lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to cast aside partisanship and deliver r...
May 13, 2020
Trump’s USDA fights court ruling protecting food benefits during pandemic
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Trump administration, aiming to tighten rules for federal food benefits, has appealed a federal judge's ruling that temporarily enabled hundreds of thousand...
May 13, 2020
Lebanon launches IMF talks to rescue economy; more talks in coming days
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said it has begun remote discussions this week with Lebanon, which is seeking some $10 billion of aid to help it out of the worst financ...
May 13, 2020
Companies explore suburbs as social distancing complicates return to NYC
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a mass return to offices looking like wishful thinking in New York and other cities even as businesses start to reopen as the coronavirus outbreak is containe...
May 13, 2020
CDC reports 1,364,061 coronavirus cases, 82,246 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 1,364,061 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 21,467 cases from its previous count, and said the nu...
May 13, 2020
Canadian stocks slump to two-week low after snub from Norway’s wealth fund
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock market index tumbled to a two-week low on Wednesday and the loonie fell against the U.S. dollar as hopes ebbed for a quick economic recovery fro...
May 13, 2020
Brazil’s securities industry watchdog CVM fines JBS executives
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian securities industry watchdog CVM has fined two JBS SA executives for failing to disclose market transactions between JBS and related parties, the regulator said in a st...
May 13, 2020
Golf: Players travelling to U.S. must be quarantined
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - PGA Tour players living outside the U.S. must undergo a quarantine period before playing tournaments, which are due to restart next month amid the coronavirus pande...
May 13, 2020
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to discuss easing COVID-19 restrictions further by end-May
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that his government would start talks on moving most of the country to "alert level 3" COVID-19 restrictions by the e...
May 13, 2020
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