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Germany wants G7 finance ministers to focus on recovery, climate protection
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) to support the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen efforts to improve climate protection, Fina...
Jan 01, 2022
Germany shuts three of its last six nuclear plants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has pulled the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations as it moves towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus to renewables. The...
Jan 01, 2022
EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (Reuters) - The European Union has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as "green" investments after a year-long battle between governme...
Jan 01, 2022
Japan to help build Bill Gates’ high-tech nuclear reactor in Wyoming -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd are set to cooperate with the United States and Bill Gates' venture company to build a high-tech nuclear rea...
Dec 31, 2021
China to extend preferential tax policies for foreigners until end-2023
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will extend preferential income tax policies for foreigners residing in the country to Dec. 31, 2023, the finance ministry said on Friday, as part of measures to ease the bur...
Dec 31, 2021
S.Korea exports expand 25.8% y/y in 2021, sharpest in 11 years
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports in 2021 expanded at their fastest pace in 11 years, with the total exports value reaching a record figure supported by post-pandemic recoveries in ...
Dec 31, 2021
U.S. officials ask AT&T, Verizon to delay 5G wireless over aviation safety concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned Jan. ...
Dec 31, 2021
U.S. Chief Justice says judges need ‘rigorous’ training on stock-trading rules
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. federal judges need "more rigorous" ethics training to ensure they are not hearing disputes in which they have a financial interest, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said ...
Dec 31, 2021
Police chief talks about goals for 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says his department has a number of goals and objectives in the new year, to try and not hit another all-time high of 34 homicides, and to less...
Dec 31, 2021
UK honours COVID scientists and medics, Bond actor Daniel Craig
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recognised the scientists and medical chiefs at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 in Queen Elizabeth's annual New Year's honours list, while Jam...
Dec 31, 2021
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