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'Squid Game' mania has shoppers snapping up Vans' white slip-on shoes

Published On: October 25, 2021 12:17 PM NPT By: Reuters

White slip-on shoes are becoming a hot commodity thanks to the wildly popular South Korean survival drama "Squid Game," with sneaker maker VF Corp reporting a small increase in demand for its Vans brand.

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Ministers, party leaders detained in apparent coup in Sudan - sources

Published On: October 25, 2021 12:02 PM NPT By: Reuters

KHARTOUM, Oct 25: Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan's cabinet and a large number of pro-government party leaders on Monday in an apparent military coup, three political sources said.

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'You beat me': Colombia's most-wanted drug lord caught

Published On: October 25, 2021 09:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

NECOCLI, Colombia, Oct 25: The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.

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FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children

Published On: October 24, 2021 08:48 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, Oct 24: Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday that the likely benefits of giving the Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 5 to 11 year olds clearly outweigh the risks of rare cases of heart inflammation.

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High demand for 'Squid Game' tracksuits cheers S.Korea's struggling garment sector

Published On: October 22, 2021 02:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

The "Made in Korea" green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits worn by characters in Netflix's global hit "Squid Game."

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Biden says United States would come to Taiwan's defense

Published On: October 22, 2021 08:51 AM NPT By: Reuters

BALTIMORE, Oct 22: The United States would come to Taiwan's defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own territory, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday, comments that appeared to be a break with official policy.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Powell dies of COVID-19 complications

Published On: October 18, 2021 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Oct 18: Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement on Facebook.

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Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe

Published On: October 18, 2021 01:43 PM NPT By: Reuters

An Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the games from the South Korean television series in its cafe space.

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Oil prices climb to highest in years as COVID recovery, power generators stoke demand

Published On: October 18, 2021 09:52 AM NPT By: Reuters

SINGAPORE, Oct 18: Oil prices hit their highest in years on Monday as demand continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, boosted by more custom from power generators turning away from expensive gas and coal to fuel oil and diesel.

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British lawmaker stabbed to death in 'terrorist incident'

Published On: October 16, 2021 11:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

LEIGH-ON-SEA, England, Oct 16: British lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death in an Essex church on Friday by an assailant who lunged at him as he met voters, in what police said was a terrorist attack.

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U.S. offers payments, relocation to family of Afghans killed in botched drone attack

Published On: October 16, 2021 07:52 AM NPT By: Reuters

BENGALURU, Oct 15: The Pentagon has offered unspecified condolence payments to the family of 10 civilians who were killed in a botched U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan in August during the final days before American troops withdrew from the country.

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Dhoni's Chennai spank Morgan's Kolkata for fourth IPL title

Published On: October 16, 2021 07:04 AM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, Oct 15: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings claimed their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a comfortable 27-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in the final in Dubai on Friday.

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U.S. to lift curbs from Nov 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers: official

Published On: October 15, 2021 06:58 PM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Oct 15:  The White House will announce on Friday it will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective Nov. 8, at land borders and for air travel, a White House official said.

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Economics Nobel honours 'natural experiments', from minimum wage to migration

Published On: October 12, 2021 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

STOCKHOLM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel economics prize on Monday for pioneering "natural experiments" to show real-world economic impacts in areas from minimum wage increases in the U.S. fast-food sector to migration from Castro-era Cuba.

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Taiwan won't be forced to bow to China, president says

Published On: October 10, 2021 12:16 PM NPT By: Reuters

TAIPEI, Oct 10: Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure nobody can force the island to accept the path China has laid down that offers neither freedom nor democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday, in a strong riposte to Beijing.

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Hundreds detained in security crackdown in Kashmir-Indian police officials

Published On: October 10, 2021 07:14 AM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR, Oct 10: Security forces in Indian Kashmir have detained more than 300 people for questioning in recent days as they try to stem a wave of targeted killings that has spread panic among minority groups, two police officials said on Saturday.

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Adele teases new music with video clip

Published On: October 7, 2021 03:08 PM NPT By: Reuters

British singer Adele has teased her first new music since her 2015 Grammy Award winning album "25", with a video clip for the song "Easy On Me". Known for chart-toppings ballads such as "Hello" and "Someone Like You", Adele posted the black and white video on her Twitter and Instagram pages on Tuesday, with the caption "Easy On Me - October 15".

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'No Time to Die' opens with $121 mln in international box office sales

Published On: October 7, 2021 01:03 PM NPT By: Reuters

The latest James Bond movie took a mighty $121 million at the international box office over its opening weekend, Universal Pictures said on Monday. The British and Irish box office led the way with a total of $35 million, making "No Time to Die" the biggest movie release there of the coronavirus pandemic and the highest opening three-day weekend ever in the UK and Ireland for a Bond movie.

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At least 20 killed in earthquake in southern Pakistan

Published On: October 7, 2021 09:16 AM NPT By: Reuters

QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 7: At least 20 people were killed and more than 200 injured when an earthquake struck southern Pakistan, Disaster Management Authority Director General Naseer Nasir said on Thursday.

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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness drops after 6 months, study shows

Published On: October 6, 2021 07:44 AM NPT By: Reuters

Oct 6: The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to data published on Monday that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots.

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