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Exclusive-Alberta to toughen oil sands emissions standards that reward big Canadian polluters
By Rod Nickel (Reuters) - The province of Alberta plans to toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada's highest-emitting facili...
Feb 14, 2022
Principal: Threat made to Pekin Junior High not credible
PEKIN, Ill. – A social media-based threat made to a school in Pekin has been determined to be not credible. That’s according to Edison Junior High Principal William Heisel. He tells our ne...
Feb 14, 2022
Ex-U.S. naval engineer charged with submarine espionage pleads guilty
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former U.S. Navy engineer charged with attempting to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a foreign power has pleaded guilty as part of a deal with federal pro...
Feb 14, 2022
U.S. urges Americans to avoid travel to South Korea, Belarus over COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised against travel to six countries and territories including South Korea, Azerbaijan and Belarus. The CD...
Feb 14, 2022
New Zealand homes sales and prices ease in January
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Compounding factors are influencing a decrease in house prices and sales activity in New Zealand, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) said on Tuesday. Median nation...
Feb 14, 2022
End of Lockheed-Aerojet deal puts pressure on leadership of both firms
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin's exit from its purchase of engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne has refocused investors on the compounding list of problems at the companies, as pressu...
Feb 14, 2022
U.S. airlines see 2021 traffic jump, but below pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger airlines carried 670.4 million passengers in 2021, up 83% over 2020 levels but still down significantly from pre-pandemic levels, the Transportation Department sa...
Feb 14, 2022
Brazil’s Supreme Court annuls billion-dollar labor dispute against Petrobras
(Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court annulled on Monday a previous court decision that would have required state-run oil company Petrobras to pay billions of dollar in a labor dispute involving addition...
Feb 14, 2022
U.S. judges faced over 4,500 threats in 2021 amid rising extremism -official
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal judges were the target of more than 4,500 threats and other inappropriate communications last year, the head of the U.S. Marshals Service said on ...
Feb 14, 2022
As markets churn over Russia-Ukraine conflict, history shows fleeting impact
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Worries over a potential Russian invasion into Ukraine could fuel stock weakness over the short-term, but most U.S. market fallout related to geopolitics is lik...
Feb 14, 2022
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