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Explainer: California reopens, mostly, on Tuesday
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – California is opening up from COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, but tech companies and other offices are not changing as fast as Disneyland, gyms and stores. Here is what is changing for California offices, and what is not. WHAT IS GETTING EASIER? Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive (More…)
U.S. lays out plan to confront white supremacist violence
By Jarrett Renshaw and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address the threat of violence posed by white supremacists and militias, five months after members of those groups joined in a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. The White House released a 30-page plan for increased information sharing (More…)
How UK PM Johnson decided to delay COVID reopening
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday delayed by a month his plans to lift the last COVID-19 restrictions in England after modelling showed that thousands more people might die due unless reopening was pushed back. The move was due to the rapid spread of the Delta coronavirus variant, (More…)
U.S. manufacturing output accelerates in May on autos
Posted June 15, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Production at U.S. factories increased more than expected in May as motor vehicle output rebounded, but shortages of raw materials and labor continue to cast a shadow over the (More...)
Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese air force
Posted June 15, 2021
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Twenty-eight Chinese air force aircraft, including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers, entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, the island’s government said, the largest reported incursion to date.
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Quoting Irish poet, Biden ends EU trade war in renewal of transatlantic ties
Posted June 15, 2021
By Steve Holland, Philip Blenkinsop, Marine Strauss and Robin Emmott
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden ended one front in a Trump-era trade war when he met European Union leaders on Tuesday (More...)
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