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Could coronavirus help Amazon workers unionize?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility. So did workers in New York, Illinois and Minnesota. Former...
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British finance workers prepare for return to office of the future
LONDON (Reuters) – Limits on elevators, thermal imaging and temperature checks will greet a first wave of traders and bankers in Britain preparing to return to offices under new norms to tackle the...
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U.S. Senate Republican leader threatens ‘reexamining’ U.S.-China relationship
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters as Senator John Thune (R-SD) listens following a closed Senate Republican policy lunch meeting with U.S. President...
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China set to impose new Hong Kong security law, Trump warns of strong U.S....
HONG KONG/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year’s pro-democracy unrest, a Chinese official said on Thursday, drawing a...
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Third suspect charged with murder of Georgia unarmed black jogger
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The man who videotaped the slaying of an unarmed black man gunned down as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood in Georgia was arrested on Thursday as the third white suspect...
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Calls for protest march in Hong Kong as China pushes new security laws
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong activists on Friday made online calls for a march against China’s plans to impose national security legislation on the semi-autonomous city which many fear could erode...
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Pakistani PIA plane carrying 99 crashes in Karachi, many feared dead
KARACHI (Reuters) – An Airbus plane with 99 on board crashed into a residential area of the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday while on approach to the airport, with at least one passenger surviving...
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Exclusive: Pentagon halts rare earths funding for Lynas, MP Materials –...
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense last month reversed its decision to fund two projects to process rare earth minerals for military weapons, one of which has controversial ties to...
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Unemployment rose in all 50 U.S. states in April: Labor Department’s BLS
FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs are reflected in the door of an Arkansas Workforce Center as they wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease...
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Biden says U.S. should lead world in condemning China over Hong Kong actions
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United States must lead the world in condemning China if it imposes new national security rules on Hong Kong, likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday...
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Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan dies at 78
(Reuters) – Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan, who coached the Utah Jazz for 23 seasons and led them to two NBA finals, died on Friday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, his former team...
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Trump administration backs lawsuit challenging Illinois coronavirus curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday weighed in on a lawsuit brought against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus stay-at-home orders, with a rare federal court filing in...
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Exclusive: U.S. accuses China of blocking U.S. flights, demands action
FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in...
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Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc (HTZ.N) filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus...
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Argentina defaults on bond payments as debt talks heat up
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A major Argentina creditor group said on Saturday it was committed to its own restructuring proposal, and it had been invited to sign a non-disclosure agreement by Argentina’s...
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UK COVID-19 death toll rises 282 to 36,675
People are seen in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 23, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s death toll...
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Trump makes first golf outing since pandemic broke out
U.S. President Donald Trump’s motorcade arrives at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., May 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY STERLING, Va. (Reuters) – U.S....
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One-hour COVID-19 test being trialed at hospitals around London
LONDON (Reuters) – A COVID-19 test that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory, potentially allowing for swifter testing of much larger numbers of people, is being rolled...
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Trump plays golf for first time since declaring coronavirus a national emergency
STERLING, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday went on his first golf outing since the White House declared a national emergency over the coronavirus in March, visiting his club in...
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COVID-19 distancing compels shifts at the beach on crowded U.S. Memorial Day...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans excited about what for many was their first big break from coronavirus shutdowns flocked to beaches and outdoor areas on Saturday, snarling roadways and forcing some...
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