US News
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Apple takes app payment hit in Epic court fight
A US judge on Friday ordered Apple to loosen control over its App Store payment system, a blow to the...
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Queen Elizabeth says prayers for victims and survivors of 9/11
Britain's Queen Elizabeth said today that her prayers remained with victims and survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks on...
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US Treasury, financial industry discuss cryptocurrency ‘stablecoins’
The US Treasury Department met with a number of industry participants this week to quiz them about the risks and...
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Emotional tributes paid to 9/11 lives lost
Relatives of people who died on 9/11 have read out victims' names, as the US marks 20 years since the...
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Dollar gains with yields as Fed policy in focus
The dollar rose on Friday in line with higher U.S. Treasury yields as investors focused on when the Federal Reserve...
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Federal mandate takes vaccine decision off employers' hands
Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so...
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US Justice Department sues Texas over restrictive abortion law
The US Justice Department filed suit against Texas on Thursday over a law that bans abortion after six weeks of...
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US growth ‘downshifted’ amid labour, supply shortages
US economic growth "downshifted slightly" in July and August amid shortages of workers and materials, as well as concerns about...
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China's factory prices rise at fastest pace since August 2008
Singapore technology company Sea Limited plans to raise US$6.3 billion (S$8.5 billion) in a share and convertible bond sale, in...
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Strong quakes rocks buildings in Mexico City
A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway...
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Study suggests Delta does not cause more severe childhood COVID
U.S. pediatric COVID hospitalizations have surged since Delta became predominant, but a new study that offers a first look at...
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BlackRock's China unit raises US$1 billion in maiden mutual fund
BlackRock's China mutual fund subsidiary set up its first fund in the country after raising 6.68 billion yuan (US$1.03 billion)...
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Jill Biden heads back to classroom as a working first lady
Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in...
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Oil holds steady on slow return of US supplies after Hurricane Ida
Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday following overnight losses from a stronger dollar and demand concerns, with a slow...
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Do we need humans for that job? Automation booms after COVID
Ask for a roast beef sandwich at an Arby’s drive-thru east of Los Angeles and you may be talking to...
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Blinken heads to Qatar on Afghan crisis mission
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Sunday to Qatar on his first trip since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan...