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Key Brazil senator pushing to waive at least $19 billion from spending cap
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Marcelo Castro said on Wednesday that a constitutional amendment backed by President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must exempt at least 100 billion reais ($19 ...
Nov 23, 2022
Europe names world’s first disabled astronaut
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. The 22-nation...
Nov 23, 2022
Smooth sailing for holiday flights out of PIA
PEORIA, Ill. — Staffing issues that cancelled tons of flights on Labor Day weekend appear to be resolved ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Peoria Director of Airports, Gene Olson, tells WMBD’s &#...
Nov 23, 2022
U.S. retailers add cameras, steel cables to deter holiday crime
By Siddharth Cavale and Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailers ranging from Walmart to Barnes & Noble are installing cameras or locking away items to deter shoplifters and thieves as they bra...
Nov 23, 2022
Factbox-Walmart shootings: Episodes of gun violence at retail chain
(Reuters) - Tuesday's massacre at a Virginia Walmart was the latest in a series of gun violence episodes at the retail giant's stores in recent years. Here is a partial list: Nov. 22, 2022: A Walmart ...
Nov 23, 2022
IMF forecasts Spain growth close to zero at turn of year
MADRID (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund expects economic growth in Spain to slow in 2023 on higher prices and flagging demand before rebounding to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, it said on Wed...
Nov 23, 2022
IMF, Ukraine reach economic policy monitoring arrangement
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine for a policy program monitoring arrangement that aims to pav...
Nov 23, 2022
Mass shooting at Virginia Walmart is another ‘senseless’ act, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday lamented the nation's latest mass shooting after at least six people were gunned down at a Walmart Inc store in Chesapeake, Virginia, Tuesd...
Nov 23, 2022
U.S. business activity weakens further in November – S&P Global survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business activity contracted for a fifth straight month in November, with a measure of new orders dropping to its lowest level in 2-1/2 years as higher interest rates slowe...
Nov 23, 2022
Analysis-In emerging markets, the bulls are back again
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - After some of the biggest losses in emerging markets on record this year the bulls are back, betting that the time has come for a rebound. With caveats that global int...
Nov 23, 2022
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