By David Shepardson BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) – Marriott International Inc believes its new $600 million high-rise headquarters will entice workers to return after more than two years mostly working at …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York on Monday, marking the first direct talks between the two …
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By Ebru Tuncay and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish lenders Isbank and Denizbank have suspended use of Russian payment system Mir, the banks said on Monday, following a U.S. crackdown …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overshadowed by U.S. President Joe Biden’s headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Five people were killed in Iran’s Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday laid out the list of topics prosecutors hope to discuss at a Tuesday hearing in Brooklyn, New York, before Judge Raymond …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) countries on Thursday with the aim of better coordinating assistance to the region …
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executives of JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and other major U.S. retail banks will be grilled this week by lawmakers …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Yemeni Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad Al-Alimi on Monday in New York and discussed the need …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Ford Motor said on Monday inflation-related supplier costs will run about $1 billion higher than expected in the current quarter and estimates it will have 40,000 …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will expand U.S. flights to Havana, adding 13 weekly American Airlines departures from Miami and a weekly JetBlue departure from Fort …
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LOS ANGELES – Martin Estrada was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California. Estrada, 45, was sworn in by Chief United …
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Norfolk woman was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for misuse of a Social Security number, loan fraud, and identity theft. According to …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system’s asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that the chamber would vote this week on the DISCLOSE Act, which he said would require super PACs …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 135-year-old federal election law will start getting a makeover in Congress this week in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. vehicle travel in July fell 3.3% to 286.6 billion miles, the second consecutive monthly decline in American driving in the face of high …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said it will add three Iranian cargo planes serving Russia to a list of aircraft believed to violate U.S. …
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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Humeyra Pamuk KABUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wants accountability for the death of an Iranian woman after she was arrested in Tehran last week for wearing an ‘improper’ hijab, a spokesperson …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Confidence among U.S. single-family homebuilders fell for the ninth straight month in September as soaring mortgage rates and persistently high prices for building materials made …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. traffic deaths rose 0.5% in the first half of 2022 to 20,175, the highest number killed in the period since 2006, according to an …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American engineer Mark Frerichs appears to be in stable condition after his release on Monday in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader, a senior Biden administration official …
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By David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement on …