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Amazon union leader Smalls went from rapper to unlikely voice of protest
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - The road to organizing Amazon's first union in the United States was a long one for Christian Smalls. The 33-year-old had worked at Walmart, Target and Home Depot. A rapp...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, Homeland...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. may weigh up exemptions to ban on financing fossil fuel projects abroad-official
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration may soon consider calls for exemptions to a ban on financing of new carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects overseas, a senior U.S. off...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. senators call for planting on conserved land in response to Ukraine crisis
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senators are joining farm groups and other lawmakers in calling on the Department of Agriculture to allow farmers to plant conserved acres this spring in response ...
Apr 01, 2022
Saudi sovereign fund, stc form company focused on Internet of Things
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and stc Group (stc) said on Friday they had signed a joint venture agreement to establish a new company focused on the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT,...
Apr 01, 2022
Poland’s Allegro eyes more deals after buying Mall, WE|DO assets
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish e-commerce platform Allegro is interested in more mergers and acquisitions in the region, its Chief Executive Francois Nuyts told journalists, as the group completed its take...
Apr 01, 2022
Mexican president says will not let U.S. group ‘keep watch’ over energy reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said he rejected a proposal from U.S. climate envoy John Kerry for a U.S. group to monitor efforts around a contentious ...
Apr 01, 2022
Zellmer to become new head of VW’s Skoda – sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Skoda, part of Germany's Volkswagen, appoint Klaus Zellmer as its new boss, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. Zellmer is to succeed Thomas Schaefer...
Apr 01, 2022
Russia faces rising sugar prices, shortages as traders divert shipments
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Commodity traders have started diverting sugar shipments away from Russia, according to industry sources and shipping data, a move set to further boost soaring dome...
Apr 01, 2022
Lira deposit scheme payouts loom as Turkey juggles finances
By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) - A scheme that protects the value of lira deposits has helped Turkey prop up the ailing currency, but payouts from it look set to place an incre...
Apr 01, 2022
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