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Trump ally Devin Nunes loses Washington Post defamation appeal
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of defamation for implying ...
Apr 01, 2022
Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in t...
Apr 01, 2022
Spain’s BBVA closes deal with Merlin to buy back 662 branches
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Friday said it had bought back 662 branches, which it sold between 2009 and 2010 under a sale and lease back agreement to Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias, owned by re...
Apr 01, 2022
Analysis-In Russia-Europe gas standoff, both sides lose
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Europe and Russia will both lose heavily if President Vladimir Putin follows through on his threat to cut gas supplies to countries he judges "unfriendly" unless th...
Apr 01, 2022
Pekin Police: Investigation ongoing after child hit by semi
UPDATED 1:13 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. — Pekin Police say an investigation is ongoing after the death of a child that sent shockwaves through the community this week. According to an updated news release...
Apr 01, 2022
LME nickel volumes tumbled 28% in March amid shutdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Nickel volumes on the London Metal Exchange (LME) slid 28% month-on-month in March during a period of chaotic trading that included a shutdown, data showed on Friday. The exchange, ...
Apr 01, 2022
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou named as deputy chairwoman
(Reuters) - Telecoms giant Huawei Technologies named its finance chief Meng Wanzhou, who returned to China in 2021 after nearly three years detention in Canada, as its deputy chairwoman, according to ...
Apr 01, 2022
Amazon union leader Smalls went from rapper to unlikely voice of protest
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - The road to organizing Amazon's first union in the United States was a long one for Christian Smalls. The 33-year-old had worked at Walmart, Target and Home Depot. A rapp...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, Homeland...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. may weigh up exemptions to ban on financing fossil fuel projects abroad-official
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration may soon consider calls for exemptions to a ban on financing of new carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects overseas, a senior U.S. off...
Apr 01, 2022
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