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U.S. elected back to U.N. Human Rights Council after Trump era
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administr...
Oct 14, 2021
Coding platform GitLab valued at $13.48 billion in strong market debut
(Corrects Reuters Instrument Code in paragraph 1) (Reuters) - GitLab Inc shares opened about 22% above their offer price in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, giving the software development platform a m...
Oct 14, 2021
Italy’s antitrust approves with conditions Nexi’s merger with SIA
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Thursday it gave its green light to Nexi's planned acquisition of smaller rival SIA but imposed some conditions on the two groups. Last month Ital...
Oct 14, 2021
France’s Axa to invest 1.5 billion euros to fight deforestation
PARIS (Reuters) - French insurer Axa said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.74 billion) to support sustainable forest management as part of new commitments to fight deforestation and pr...
Oct 14, 2021
Column-Global economy faces biggest headwind from inflation
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Global inflation is spreading to a wider range of goods and services, as the rapid recovery in spending overwhelms the short-term ability of manufacturers, freight firm...
Oct 14, 2021
Fed, nearing bond-buying ‘taper,’ remains divided on inflation
(Reuters) - Despite a broadly shared view that the U.S. labor market has healed enough to allow the Federal Reserve to start reducing its monthly bond purchases as soon as next month, policymakers rem...
Oct 14, 2021
Yellen calls for ‘strong action’ to boost data integrity at IMF, World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday called for "strong action" by international financial institutions to boost accountability, protect data integrity, and prevent ...
Oct 14, 2021
Vietnam carmaker Vinfast eyes start of U.S. deliveries in late 2022, CEO says
By Ben Klayman (Reuters) - Vietnamese automaker Vinfast will begin taking pre-orders in the U.S. market for its VF e35 and e36 electric SUVs in the first half of 2022 and expects to begin delivering t...
Oct 14, 2021
Congressional Republican opposition to Biden to harden as election nears
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the 2022 congressional elections less than 13 months away, President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies could face a bigger challenge retaining control of ...
Oct 14, 2021
Biden to tout jump in U.S. vaccination rates after mandates – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will highlight a "strong uptick" in U.S. vaccinations in a speech on Thursday, a White House official said, marking the impact of vaccine mandates for federa...
Oct 14, 2021
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