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Second opioid distributor charged over role in U.S. drug epidemic

July 18th, 2019 11 An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive...

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Retired U.S. Justice John Paul Stevens dies, leaving liberal lega...

July 17th, 2019

U.S. Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) speaks at a news conference with Dreamers, immigration rights activists and others in support of a deal that delivers a permanent solution for Dreamers and funds for border security in congressional shutdown negotiations outside the Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 13, 2019. Erin Scott

In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' twe...

July 17th, 2019

Brazil development bank BNDES eyes sale of $27 billion in listed ...

July 16th, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the media during the

Trump calls for inquiry into Google's work with China

July 16th, 2019

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh looks on during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. Chris Wattie

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Factbox: Kavanaugh's Supreme Court bid hinges on handful of senators

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Randy Credico, an associate of former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, secures his dog Bianca as he arrives to testify before the grand jury convened by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., September 7, 2018. Chris Wattie

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Two associates of Trump adviser Stone questioned in Russia probe

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Trump unblocks more Twitter users after U.S. court ruling

August 29th, 2018

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. Yuri Gripas

Manafort juror said one holdout 'exasperated' others with her log...

August 23rd, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S., August 17, 2018. Chris Wattie

Trump doubles down on security clearances; former officials slam ...

August 17th, 2018

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hangs on the wall at SEC headquarters in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2011. Jonathan Ernst

Trump backs CEOs, proposes easing corporate reporting rules

August 17th, 2018

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BUSINESS

Asia's billionaires develop taste for boutique wealth managers

May 27th, 2019 144 Growing demand by Asia's rich for independent advisory services and access to a wide variety of investment products is spurring the surge of boutique wealth managers more associated with ...

Google's communications manager Robin Moroney plays table soccer with a Google employee at a recreational area of their Singapore office, Singapore July 8, 2013. Edgar Su

BUSINESS

Singapore chases tech 'Jedi Masters' for Silicon Valley ambitions

May 24th, 2019 145 San Francisco-based investor Paul Bragiel said he needed to be asked three or four times before he accepted an invitation from Singapore to come check out its tech scene. He made t...

BUSINESS

China denounces U.S. 'rumors' about Huawei ties to Beijing

May 24th, 2019 154 China on Friday denounced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for fabricating rumors after he said the chief executive of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was lying about his company's ...

U.S. Attroney General William Barr passes President Donald Trump as he heads to the podium to speak during the presentation of Public Safety Medals of Valor to officers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2019. Carlos Barria

BUSINESS

Trump orders intelligence community to cooperate with review on Russia probe origins

May 24th, 2019 155 U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the intelligence community to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr's review of the events that prompted an investigation into links...

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Transcript of Reuters interview with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Supreme Court lifts block on Wisconsin 'cocaine mom' law during appeal

U.S. travel ban bars grandparents, fiances from six Muslim countries

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Foreign hackers probe European critical infrastructure networks: sources

Apple challenges Imagination Technologies' disclosure timing

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Japanese PM Abe promises to help victims of floods; death toll up to 25

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Foreign hackers probe European critical infrastructure networks: sources

Apple challenges Imagination Technologies' disclosure timing

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U.S. senator seeks legislation to undo ban on arbitration clauses

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Senate health bill would decimate long-term care coverage

Puerto Rico retirees will get bankruptcy committee: U.S. Trustee

Senators raise alarms about shelving retirement advice rule

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Wounded Afghan soldiers set for Invictus Games debut

Hungarian hospital helps injured birds back into the skies

Top Senate Republican to unveil revised healthcare plan

Mallinckrodt settles U.S. opioid drug probe for $35 million

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Artist to debut 3D portraits produced from Chelsea Manning's DNA

Russian minister had 'long chat' with Bolshoi before ballet premiere pulled: TASS

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Swiss museum readies for Nazi-era art trove show, seeks works' heirs

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Slovenian comic's parody has Merkel dancing with 'zombie' refugees

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