Amazon.com will buy the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner for $1.7 billion … the blank-check company taking Donald Trump’s social app public needs more time to finish the deal … and Morgan Stanley will pay $200 million to U.S. regulators to resolve investigations into its record-keeping practices
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Democrats hope its passage, ahead of an August recess, will help the party's House and Senate candidates in the November midterm elections at a time when President Biden is suffering from anemic public approval ratings amid high inflation.
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China's drills followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit last week to Taiwan, a move that infuriated Beijing.
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North Korea will convene two key meetings, including one to review the country's anti-epidemic policy, in coming weeks, state media said on Monday, as it claims no new COVID-19 cases since late July.
Canadian village wrestles with climate-proofing
A year after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, residents grapple with difficult choices
