(You can also receive daily “5 things you need to know today” in your inbox. Sign up here.) More and more people are undergoing coronavirus screening in the US, and that is putting pressure on diagnostic labs and creating significant delays for test results. The labs are working to expand …
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The British security services were distracted by the post-September 11 terrorist threat and did not give enough priority to Russia’s attempts to gain influence in the United Kingdom, which Moscow regarded as one of its main intelligence targets, Intelligence and Inter-party security in the British Parliament. Committee said. British politicians …
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Ukrainian law enforcement officers lie on the ground behind a car near a passenger bus, which was seized by an unidentified person in the city of Lutsk, Ukraine, on July 21, 2020. REUTERS / Tetiana Hrishyna KYIV (Reuters) – A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives …
Read More »EU recovery fund sends shares, euros to four-month highs
LONDON (Reuters) – Global equities and the euro reached their strongest levels since March on Tuesday after European Union leaders sealed a post-pandemic stimulus plan of € 750 billion ($ 857 billion) after of a five-day marathon. FILE PHOTO: People pass the offices of the London Stock Exchange Group in …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS: Asian stocks expand gains as investors get stimuli and vaccines
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