By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -A 25-pound (11.3-kg) clouded leopard that escaped its habitat at the Dallas zoo and remained at large for more than six hours while officials shut down the park and issued a special “Code Blue” alert, was found safe on Friday afternoon, zoo officials said. Nova, a 3- to 4-year-old female, had …
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(Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to block Scottish laws that make it easier for people to change their gender, The Times reported on Friday. New legal advice could pave the way for the government to stop Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s gender recognition laws from getting royal assent next week, the newspaper …
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(Reuters) -Bitcoin rose on Saturday above $20,000 for first time in over two months. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, rose 4.6% to $20,853 at 01:01 GMT on Saturday, adding $922 to its previous close. The cryptocurrency is up 26.4% from the year’s low of $16,496 on January 1. Ether, the coin linked to …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at their highest levels in a month on Friday, with shares of JPMorgan Chase and other banks rising following their quarterly results, which kicked off the earnings season. All three major indexes also registered strong gains for the week, leaving the S&P …
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By Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation on Friday into the Justice Department’s handling of improperly stored classified documents possessed by President Joe Biden, and questioned whether his son, Hunter, had access to any. In a Jan. 13 letter to Attorney General Merrick …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s defence minister Christine Lambrecht plans to resign, a government source said on Friday, potentially adding to chancellor Olaf Scholz’s problems as he cautiously seeks to step up military support for Ukraine. Lambrecht, a member of Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), aimed to resign next week and had already informed Scholz about her …
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By Andrew Goudsward and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is turning to a longtime Democratic problem-solver, lawyer Bob Bauer, to manage his response to a U.S. special counsel’s investigation into his handling of classified material after the discovery of documents at his private office and home. Bauer will serve as Biden’s personal …
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By Rich McKay and Tyler Clifford ATLANTA (Reuters) -At least nine people died in tornadoes that destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the U.S. Southeast, local officials said on Friday, and the death toll in hard-hit central Alabama was expected to rise. The storms on Thursday stretched from Mississippi to …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday that its forces had taken control of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, in what would be a rare success for Moscow after months of battlefield reverses, but Kyiv said its troops were still fighting in the town. Reuters could not immediately verify the situation in Soledar, a …
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(Reuters) – David Kessler, who led the COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts for the United States, is stepping down from President Joe Biden’s administration, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday. Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will …
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