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By Tom Wilson and Pushkala Aripaka LONDON (Reuters) – The cryptocurrency arm of Jump Trading said on Thursday it had restored more than $320 million to crypto platform Wormhole after the decentralized finance site was hit with one of the largest crypto heists on record. In a tweet, Jump Crypto said they chose to replace …

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By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake up operations in his 10 Downing Street office to try to survive his gravest crisis yet over boozy events held at the heart of power during COVID-19 lockdowns. Key to the organisational changes is a promise he made on Monday to …

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By Francis Kokoroko KUMASI, Ghana (Reuters) – In a dimly-lit room with racks of women’s clothing, Ghanaian artist and LGBT+ activist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi flipped through photo self-portraits illustrating her transition to womanhood. Transitioning is not illegal in Ghana, but it will become so if a new law is passed, intended to tighten already strict …

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By Michael Holden and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Sunday salute the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascending the throne, but as the monarch celebrates another landmark, just how will her record-breaking reign be remembered? To some commentators, her reign has been a ‘golden age’, reminiscent of that of her namesake …

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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Steve Holland AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of the jihadist group Islamic State died in a U.S. special forces raid in northern Syria on Thursday when he detonated a bomb that killed him and family members, the U.S. administration said. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had led the group since the death of …

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(This Feb 2. story corrects year to 2020, not 2000 in paragraph 11) By Akash Sriram and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) – Google parent company Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant’s shares surged more than 8% …

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