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U.S. climate envoy Kerry expected to travel to China in September – sources
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry is expected to travel to China next month to continue his efforts to carve out climate change as an area of closer collaboration amid dee...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court requires Biden to revive Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Joe Biden's bid to avoid reinstating an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump that forced thousands...
Aug 24, 2021
Arizona group inks agreement with Taiwan aimed at attracting more chip companies
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - An Arizona economic development group on Tuesday said it had made a deal with Taiwanese economic development officials aimed at making the U.S. state more attractive to T...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. House approves voting rights bill, but outlook poor in Senate
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a voting rights measure that Democrats say would help counteract a wave of voting restrictions in Republi...
Aug 24, 2021
Afterpay loss widens as it doubles marketing spend to tap new markets
(Reuters) - Afterpay said on Wednesday its annual marketing costs more than doubled as it expanded into new markets to tap a pandemic-driven boom in demand for buy now, pay later services, widening th...
Aug 24, 2021
Chinese tutoring firms adapt to core subject ban with hands-on courses
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tutoring firms are having to learn new ways of making money after a ban on teaching core subjects left them promoting classes such as drama and ...
Aug 24, 2021
Remittance costs key to take-up of Salvadoran bitcoin plan -development bank
By Nelson Renteria and Anthony Esposito SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Central American countries are eagerly waiting to see if El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as parallel legal tender cuts the cost of re...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine approval is ‘seismic’ shift for legality of mandates, experts say
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said. The decis...
Aug 24, 2021
NRA gun lobby cancels annual U.S. meeting, citing COVID-19 surge
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association (NRA) said on Tuesday it has canceled its upcoming annual convention, which was set to open late next week in Houston, citing public health c...
Aug 24, 2021
Ackman committed to finding a deal for PSTH; sold Agilent to raise cash
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who last year launched the biggest-ever special-purpose acquisition company, said on Tuesday he remains committed to fi...
Aug 24, 2021
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