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A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S.,
NYC will not enforce restaurant customer data-sharing law while DoorDash sues

New York City agreed to hold off on requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, the subject of a recent lawsuit by DoorDash Inc. In a joint filing on Monday with the U.S. District Court inManhattan, the city said it will not enforce a new law requiringthe disclosures while the lawsuit is pending, and DoorDashwithdrew its request for an injunction to block enforcement.

The U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill, seen during sunset in Washington, U.S.,
Schumer sets U.S. debt ceiling vote for Wednesday as tensions rise

The Senate will vote on Wednesday on a Democratic-backed measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday, as partisan brinkmanship in Congress risks an economically crippling federal credit default.

U.S. suspends authority to ship nuclear materials to China's CGN

The U.S. nuclear power regulator last month suspended the shipment of radioactive materials and a hydrogen isotope used in reactors to China's largest state-owned nuclear company, CGN, reflecting Washington's concerns about the country's buildup of atomic weapons.

A sign advertises free masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the downtown bus station in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Treasury warns Arizona it can't use federal funds to undermine school mask requirements

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told Arizona's governor on Tuesday that his state could not use federal funds to pay for programs aimed at undermining face mask requirements in schools, and said Arizona could lose funding if it did not change course.

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The U.S. Capitol building is pictured at dawn along the National Mall in Washington, U.S.
Factbox: How could America's debt ceiling showdown play out?

The U.S. Congress is locked in a standoff that risks triggering a financial and economic meltdown if lawmakers don't raise a limit on government borrowing before Oct. 18, the day the U.S. Treasury could run out of cash for paying government bills.

Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines Ivan Merino attends an interview with Reuters, in Lima,
Peru government says deal struck to head off road blockade at Las Bambas mine

Peru's government said on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with MMG Ltd's Las Bambas mine and the local Chumbivilcas community to avoid road blockades that have threatened production at the huge copper mine.

Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio,
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for New York to collect a $200 million surcharge imposed on opioid manufacturers and distributors to defray the state's costs arising from the deadly epidemic involving the powerful painkilling drugs.

Supporters of Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who called for post-election street protests and was arrested upon his arrival in Georgia despite facing imprisonment, hold a rally near a jail in Rustavi, Georgia
Hundreds rally in Georgia to call for release of jailed ex-president

Hundreds of Georgians rallied on Monday to demand the release of hunger-striking ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was jailed last week after returning from exile and calling for post-election protests.

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China
U.S. trade chief Tai seeks talks with China, won't rule out new tariff actions

Top U.S. trade negotiator Katherine Tai on Monday pledged to exclude some Chinese imports from tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump while pressing Beijing in "frank" talks over its failure to keep promises made in Trump's trade deal and end harmful industrial policies.

A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S.
Exclusive: U.S. Justice Department probes suspected manipulation of Platts benchmarks - sources

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating suspected manipulation of energy pricing benchmarks published by S&P Global Platts, expanding the agency's crackdown on misconduct in the global commodities market, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks after being welcomed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S.,
Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets

The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after the leak of what major news outlets called a secret trove of documents about offshore finance.

A member of Taliban force stands guard at the site of yesterday's blast in Kabul, Afghanistan
Taliban say forces destroy Islamic State cell hours after Kabul blast

Taliban government forces destroyed an Islamic State cell in the north of Kabul late on Sunday in a prolonged assault that broke the calm of a normally quiet area of the capital with hours of explosions and gunfire, officials and local residents said.

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S.
Back in black: U.S. Supreme Court opens its momentous new term

U.S. Supreme Court justices took a step back toward normalcy on Monday on the first day of their new nine-month term as they conducted oral arguments in person for the first time in 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, holding a muted and polite session in a socially distanced courtroom.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S.
Biden says Republican stonewalling on debt ceiling risks U.S. default

President Joe Biden said on Monday the federal government could breach its $28.4 trillion debt limit in a historic default unless Republicans join Democrats in voting to raise it in the two next weeks.

Clean-up crews work to mitigate the damage in an ecological estuary after a major oil spill off the off the coast of California came ashore in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
California oil spill cause probed, ship anchor cited as possibility

A ship anchor striking a pipeline carrying crude from an offshore oil platform may have caused 3,000 barrels (126,000 gallons) of oil to spill into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California, according to the CEO of the Houston-based company that owned the rig.

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