From ‘congratulations’ to ‘fully canceled’: California cafe owners hit roadblock
By Ann Saphir
(Reuters) – After more than a year of heavy losses at their two cafes in the San (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
U.S. Justice Department to launch new crackdown on firearms trafficking
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department this week is formally launching a new effort to crack (More…)
Former UN rights boss to head probe into Israel, Hamas alleged crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) – Former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into alleged (More…)
Culture war on education rages in Virginia governor’s race
By James Oliphant, Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax
McLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) -Suparna Dutta, an Indian immigrant, is incensed that new (More…)
Biden administration releases COVID funds to boost local economies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday released $3 billion in COVID-19 rescue funds aimed at helping localities bolster their (More…)
China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin
By Gabriel Crossley
BEIJING (Reuters) -China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of (More…)
Colombia arrests 10 over bombing, shooting of president’s helicopter
By Oliver Griffin
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia arrested 10 people accused of involvement in attacks on a helicopter carrying President (More…)
UK should be concerned at Chinese gene data harvesting, lawmaker says
By Alistair Smout
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain should be concerned about the harvesting of genetic data from millions of women by (More…)
Exclusive-Cyber attack disrupts major South African port operations
By Zandi Shabalala and Tanisha Heiberg
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A cyber attack disrupted container operations at the South African port (More…)
Factbox-Five ways fraudsters try to claim U.S. unemployment benefits
By Paresh Dave
(Reuters) – The U.S. government’s preliminary “conservative” estimates show improper unemployment benefits payments during the pandemic could (More…)
