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KABUL -The Taliban and their supporters waved the group’s black and white flag on the streets of Afghanistan on Monday to celebrate a year since they marched into the capital …

By Natalie Grover LONDON -Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets …

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Tax credits in the $430 billion U.S. climate and tax bill set to be signed into law this week will kickstart carbon sequestration projects, say …

By Chibuike Oguh New York – Global equities and the U.S. dollar advanced on Monday despite weaker-than-expected economic data in China that prompted its central bank to cut its lending …

By James Pearson LAS VEGAS – A digital vulnerability in the computer systems used on some Boeing Co aircraft that could have allowed malicious hackers to modify data and cause …

STOCKHOLM -Scandinavian airline SAS kept its bid for survival aloft at the weekend by securing bridge financing through bankruptcy protection proceedings, sending its shares 5% higher on Monday. The airline, …

(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing to give PG&E Corp a $1.4 billion government loan to extend the life of a nuclear power plant it runs by as …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this year. Austin in a statement said he was experiencing …

By Natalia Zinets KYIV -Ukrainian and Russian-installed officials reported shelling near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Monday, with both sides blaming each other days after the world nuclear watchdog …

(Reuters) -U.S. retailer Walmart Inc on Monday struck a deal with Paramount Global to offer Paramount+ streaming service to the subscribers of its membership program in a push to better …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – A group of journalists and lawyers sued the CIA and its former director Mike Pompeo over allegations the intelligence agency spied on them when they …

By Joseph Ax and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, said on Monday that he is …

BERLIN – Water levels on the Rhine river are very low because of unusually hot and dry weather, preventing many vessels from navigating the critical European shipping route fully loaded. …

LONDON – It is “ludicrous” to suggest that novelist Salman Rushdie was responsible for the attack on him, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, after …

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK – The safe-haven U.S. dollar bounced on Monday while commodity-sensitive currencies including the Australian dollar tumbled after a new batch of disappointing Chinese data bolstered …

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Monday after disappointing Chinese economic data renewed concerns of a global recession that would be expected to reduce fuel demand. Brent …

By Filipp Lebedev MOSCOW -The defence team of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, appealed on Monday against her conviction for …

(This August 14 story refiles to fix typo in para 17) By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif – America’s tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India’s ancient caste …

By Ayenat Mersie and Katharine Houreld SAMBUT, Kenya – In the rolling red hills outside the western Kenyan town of Eldoret, residents remember William Ruto as a barefoot schoolboy who …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON – Republicans stepped up calls on Sunday for the release of an FBI affidavit showing the justification for its seizure of documents at former President Donald …

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK -Starbucks Corp on Monday accused the federal labor board overseeing union elections at its U.S. cafes of misconduct and asked for elections to be suspended …

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON -The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Monday it had finalized guidelines for how it will review requests by banks, fintechs and other firms to access the …

By Ryan Woo and Ben Blanchard BEIJING/TAIPEI – China’s military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan on Monday as a group of U.S. lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – With the recent slowdown in inflation, the Federal Reserve is faced with a conundrum ahead of a plan next month to double the rate …