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Britain consults on climate checks for new oil and gas licences
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday called for views on potential checks for new oil and gas licences to assess whether projects are in line with the country's climate commitments. Britain has a targ...
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Schumer says Senate to vote on Biden plan despite Manchin objections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will move ahead with a vote on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan early next year despite opposition from a key Democratic senator, and will also take ...
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UBS excludes Exxon Mobil from climate funds
LONDON (Reuters) - UBS Asset Management has excluded Exxon Mobil and four other "unresponsive" energy companies from its climate aware range of funds, including one managed for UK pension scheme NEST,...
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Light rains and mild wind help Ivory Coast cocoa crop, say farmers
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Light rains and mild seasonal winds in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions last week should boost the quality and size of the October-to-March main ...
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Weekend shopper numbers on UK high streets suffer Omicron hit
LONDON (Reuters) -Shopper numbers across Britain's high streets fell 2.6% over the Dec. 18-19 weekend versus the previous weekend as the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus kept people aw...
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‘Licorice Pizza’ turns on the charm in quirky coming-of-age tale
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There's no pizza and no licorice in director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie, but like a lot of the quirky characters and events in his coming-of-age story...
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Georgia governor’s race tests Trump’s stolen-election claims
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Since announcing his candidacy for the Georgia governorship earlier this month, Republican David Perdue has wasted no time in releasing ads that revive former President ...
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‘Titane’ director Ducournau flies flag for genre films, female voices
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Director and writer Julia Ducournau says France's decision to pick her movie "Titane" as its official contender in the Oscar race for best international feature fil...
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Closing arguments set for trial of ex-Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The jury is set to hear closing arguments on Monday in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wrigh...
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Moisture seen critical for wheat blasted by U.S. Plains dust storm
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds that raked the U.S. Plains belt last week appeared to cause varying degrees of damage to a winter wheat crop that was already struggling wi...
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