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Former president Donald Trump on Saturday sharply attacked US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, demanded reparations from China and denounced an investigation into his finances in a speech in North Carolina.Speaking in Greenville, North Carolina, at the state’s Republican Party convention, Mr Trump joined a chorus of Republican…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A retail store advertising a full time job on its open door in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 2/2 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers boosted hiring in May as the easing pandemic, helped by vaccinations, pulled more people back into the labor force, offering…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is almost complete with just 100 kilometres (62 miles) left to build, TASS news agency quoted…

To the editor: Promises are important, especially between government and the people. That’s why Californians need to know that the promises made to fix our roads and bridges are in fact being kept. (“California’s highest-in-the-nation gas taxes are rising. But promised repairs are lagging,” May 23)Work has been underway across the state for more than…

MP Clive Betts has written to the government to ask why new guidance designed to help about 500,000 leaseholders sell or remortgage their flats is not being followed.It was issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in March.It is supposed to help surveyors decide which tower blocks need extra fire safety checks.But although…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rests inside a classroom turned COVID-19 care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI (Reuters) – India reported on Saturday 173,790 new coronavirus infections during the previous 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in 45 days, while deaths…

The gunman who fatally shot nine people at a Northern California light rail hub earlier this week stashed an arsenal of weapons and ammunition at his home, which he set on fire as part of his planned rampage.Samuel James Cassidy, 57, had several cans of gasoline, suspected Molotov Cocktails, twelve firearms, and about 22,000 rounds…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse in a supermarket while wearing masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in north St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. April 4, 2020. Picture taken April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices surged in April, with a measure of underlying inflation…

China’s massive livestock sector is set to snap up millions of tonnes of wheat from the country’s winter harvest that began this month, extending a run of crop-switching in animal feed and further cooling demand for corn imports.

Goldman Sachs said it no longer saw China as the center of commodities pricing, reasoning the pace of demand recovery in developed markets suggested Beijing as a buyer has been crowded out by Western consumers.