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BNP Paribas pledges no new loans for oil drilling in Amazon rainforest
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - France's BNP Paribas pledged on Tuesday to end most new financing for oil production in the Amazon rainforest and said it would reduce its "financed emissions intens...
Syndicated Content May 03, 2022
Schumer says he is aiming to hold vote next week on bill to codify abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats will put forward a bill that will codify abortion rights into law this week, with a vote taking place next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a ...
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Top Senate Republican says he would seek to preserve filibuster ‘at all costs’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he would keep the chamber's filibuster rules in place "at all costs" if he were the leader of the chamber's majority. "Abso...
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Quickest way to aid Ukraine is clean funding bill, top U.S. Senate Republican says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the best way for Washington to speed aid to Ukraine was to pass a funding bill devoid of extraneous items. Bid...
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LaHood, Bustos react to leak of Supreme Court draft decision
UPDATED 1:53 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – He says he wants to protect the “sanctity of Life,” but Congressman Darin LaHood says he’s troubled by how most of America found out about ...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2022

Another Peoria Starbucks location looks to unionize
PEORIA, Ill. – Another Peoria Starbucks location wants to unionize — not long after employees at the Starbucks in Campustown voted to do the same thing. Workers United says “an overw...
Will Stevenson May 03, 2022
Mexico seeks lithium association with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico is working with governments of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile to create a lithium association so the countries can share their expertise to exploit the battery mineral, Mex...
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Wall Street sees greater risk of default by major banks
By Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) - The cost to insure bonds of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup against default hit two-year highs on Monday on growing fears the U.S. Federal Reserve's aggressive...
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U.S. lawmakers in 16 states to introduce laws to protect transgender youth
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers from 16 states on Tuesday pledged to introduce legislation providing legal refuge to transgender youth and their families displaced by restrictive law...
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U.S. CDC says travelers should still wear masks on airplanes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended travelers still wear masks on airplanes, trains and airports despite a judge's April 18 order de...
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