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Sally strengthens into Category 2 hurricane
(Reuters) - Hurricane Sally has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The hurricane is located about 65 miles (105 km) south south-east o...
Sep 16, 2020
Fed expected to raise economic forecasts, extend vow to keep rates low
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to wrap up its latest policy meeting on Wednesday with somewhat rosier economic forecasts but a renewed pledge to keep in...
Sep 16, 2020
Exclusive: Alibaba, China Mobile weigh $443 million investment in blacklisted Dahua – sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd [CHNMC.UL] are considering investing 3 billion yuan ($443 million) in Zhejiang Dahua Technolog...
Sep 16, 2020
Japan’s Suga elected as country’s first new PM in eight years
TOKYO (Reuters) - Yoshihide Suga was elected as Japan's prime minister on Wednesday, becoming the country's first new leader in nearly eight years and facing a raft of challenges including reviving an...
Sep 16, 2020
Pandemic sharpens ‘battle for the soul’ of United Nations between U.S. and China
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Long-simmering tensions between the United States and China have hit boiling point at the United Nations over the coronavirus pandemic, spotlighting Beij...
Sep 16, 2020
In coronavirus vaccine race, China inoculates thousands before trials are completed
By David Stanway and Miyoung Kim SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in t...
Sep 15, 2020
Trump says coronavirus vaccine could be weeks away: ABC News town hall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a vaccine against the deadly coronavirus could be three or four weeks away, underscoring predictions made by U.S. public health offic...
Sep 15, 2020
California wildfire threatens Mount Wilson Observatory and communications hub
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters waged an all-out ground and air campaign on Tuesday to save the famed Mount Wilson Observatory and an adjacent hub of communications towers from a ...
Sep 15, 2020
Japan’s Suga to formally take up job, announce cabinet
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party president Yoshihide Suga was poised to become the nation's next prime minister on Wednesday, pulling together a "continuity" cabinet, about half ...
Sep 15, 2020
Biden rips Trump’s record on ethanol
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden late on Tuesday attacked President Donald Trump's record on ethanol, saying his administration's recent moves to ...
Sep 15, 2020
