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Nigeria needs $12 billion to clean up Bayelsa oil spills – report
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria needs $12 billion to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa state over a 12-year period, a new report said on Tuesday, and singled out Shel...
May 15, 2023
One worker dies, two injured in fire at Texas refinery
By Erwin Seba TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) -One Marathon Petroleum worker died on Monday and two others were hospitalized in a fire at the company's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, said pe...
May 15, 2023
Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A debt limit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers including Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been scheduled for 3 p.m. ET (19...
May 15, 2023
Britons face biggest tax rise since 1979, think tank says
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - Britons face the biggest tax-raising drive since the start of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's term of office in the coming years as more people are pushed...
May 15, 2023
Foreign buying of US Treasuries in March hits largest since June 2021 -data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign buying of U.S. Treasuries in March rose to its highest level in more than two years, data from the Treasury Department showed on Monday, as inv...
May 15, 2023
‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ musical to open in London
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - A musical based on hit novel "The Time Traveller's Wife" is coming to London's West End this autumn in a new theatrical adaptation featuring music and lyri...
May 15, 2023
OpenAI readies new open-source AI model – The Information
(Reuters) - OpenAI is preparing to release a new open-source language model to the public, The Information reported on Monday, citing a person with knowledge of the plan. The company did not immediate...
May 15, 2023
Banco do Brasil’s net profit jumps nearly 30% in first quarter
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA reported on Monday a 29% leap in first-quarter net profit compared to the year-ago period, boosted by a robust performance of...
May 15, 2023
Minor injuries after midday crash in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – Police in East Peoria say they have turned over to the Tazewell County Sheriffs Department the investigation into a crash on the edge of the city’s downtown area. East ...
May 15, 2023
Mexico’s mighty peso hits 7-year record high against U.S. dollar
By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's peso currency flexed its muscle on Monday to reach its highest value against the U.S. dollar in seven years, following nearly two years of interest rate ...
May 15, 2023
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