BEIJING (Reuters) – A photograph of a cube-like object captured by a Chinese rover on the far side of the moon has fanned speculation over what it could be and inspired a host of memes by Chinese internet users. The Yutu-2 caught an image of what seems like a large cubic object on the horizon …
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(Refiles to include hyphen in Caldwell-Stone’s name in grafs 7, 8 and 10) By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) -A San Antonio, Texas, school district has removed over 400 books from library shelves, works included on a list that a conservative state lawmaker has said may be inappropriate for children. The North East Independent School …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Only 14% of European workers want to return to the office 9-5, and more than half say they have become more productive as a result of working from home, which has boomed amid COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, a survey showed on Thursday. But “hybrid working” – a mix of working at home …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people in Britain putting their home up for sale fell for an eighth month in a row in November, placing further upward pressure on house prices, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said on Thursday. RICS said its monthly house price balance held at +71 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s energy market needs quick reforms, regulator Ofgem said on Thursday, flagging it plans to announce changes to the market in the coming weeks. The regulator’s role has come under scrutiny after more than 20 British suppliers went bust over the past few months, caught out by record high wholesale gas and …
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(Reuters) – New York police arrested a man on Wednesday on suspicion that he had set on fire a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside the Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Fox News security personnel called police shortly after midnight when they saw a man climbing the tree located at Sixth Avenue and 48th Street, police …
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By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -A Chicago jury began deliberating on Wednesday in the trial of actor Jussie Smollett, a onetime star of the TV drama “Empire” who is accused of orchestrating a hate crime against himself to raise his celebrity profile. Jurors heard closing arguments in the case and spent about 2-1/2 hours deliberating …
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By Jeff Mason and Vladimir Soldatkin WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion was “not on the table,” as tension between Moscow and Washington eased slightly after a virtual summit this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin said …
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By Jeff Mason and Vladimir Soldatkin WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion was “not on the table,” as tension between Moscow and Washington eased slightly after a virtual summit this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan on Wednesday said she had invited U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to visit London in January to make progress on removing U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum and the threat of UK retaliatory tariffs. Trevelyan and Raimondo met in Washington on Wednesday, following the …
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