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Lira extends week’s rally bolstered by Turkish state banks
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's lira rallied further on Thursday and was on track for its best week in two decades, boosted by a government plan to protect some dep...
Dec 23, 2021
Ethiopia government says military won’t cross into Tigray for now
NAIROBI (Reuters) - For now, Ethiopian troops will stay in two liberated regions and not cross into the war-ravaged northern region of Tigray, a government spokesman said Thursday, a day after humanit...
Dec 23, 2021
Writer Joan Didion, chronicler of contemporary American society, dies at 87
(Refiles to restore missing words to lede) (Reuters) -Author Joan Didion, whose essays, memoirs, novels and screenplays chronicled contemporary American society, as well as her grief over the deaths o...
Dec 23, 2021
Merck and Pfizer COVID-19 pills effective against Omicron -U.S. FDA official
(Fixes typo in paragraph 3 from "describe" to "prescribe") WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Available data indicates that both Merck's and Pfizer's COVID-19 anti-viral treatments are effective against the Omicr...
Dec 23, 2021
Union acquire striker Julian Carranza on loan
The Philadelphia Union acquired striker Julian Carranza on loan from Inter Miami CF for the 2022 season. The deal announced Thursday includes a purchase option. In exchange, Miami receives a second-ro...
Dec 23, 2021
Omicron cases at much lower risk of hospital admission, UK says
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -There is a lower risk of hospitalisation for people with the Omicron coronavirus variant compared to Delta, but the higher transmissibility of Omicron could still lead...
Dec 23, 2021
Facebook appeals UK ruling that it must sell Giphy
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook-owner Meta is appealing Britain's ruling that it must sell animated images platform Giphy, saying the evidence does not support the finding that the deal is ...
Dec 23, 2021
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block release of White House records
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the release of White House records sought by the House of Representatives commi...
Dec 23, 2021
Lebanon’s top Christian party signals possible end of Hezbollah alliance
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian party has indicated it is considering ending a political alliance with Iran-backed Hezbollah, threatening a fragile union that has shaped Lebanese politics f...
Dec 23, 2021
France to report around 88,000 new COVID cases Thursday -health minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France will report around 88,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases later on Thursday, Health Minister Olivier Veran said, adding these figures would be the worst the country has seen sinc...
Dec 23, 2021
