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U.S. climate envoy Kerry to visit China and Japan this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will travel to China and Japan this week "to engage with international counterparts on efforts to address the climate crisis," the State Department...
Aug 30, 2021
Japan’s July factory output falls as COVID-19 disruptions hit
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output shrank in July as car production took a hit from a coronavirus resurgence in Asia that has cast doubt over the recovery in the world's th...
Aug 30, 2021
Fate of California students in Afghanistan uncertain as U.S. airlift ends
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Six Afghan refugee families who had resettled in California only to end up stranded in their homeland during a summer visit that coincided with the U.S. troop w...
Aug 30, 2021
U.S. judge vacates Trump water rule on environmental grounds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Monday vacated the Trump administration's scaled back clean water rule that had limited the number of waterways that could be federally regulated because leaving...
Aug 30, 2021
Americans give Biden low marks on Afghanistan pullout, want to see evacuations through
By Chris Kahn and James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) - Less than 40% of Americans approve of President Joe Biden's handling of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and three quarters wanted U...
Aug 30, 2021
‘Mission: Impossible’ sues insurance company over 7 COVID shutdowns
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Production on the new "Mission: Impossible" movie was shut down seven times due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday that accuses the film's insu...
Aug 30, 2021
BHP considers making COVID vaccinations mandatory at Australian sites
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner BHP Group is mulling whether to make vaccinations for COVID-19 mandatory at its workplaces in Australia as the country's east battles ballooning virus cases. The wor...
Aug 30, 2021
Ida’s insurance impact likely to be boosted by pandemic pricing
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers are bracing for $15 billion to $30 billion in claims from Hurricane Ida, but the figure could jump higher, in part because of pandemic pricing that has pus...
Aug 30, 2021
Nearly 30% of Brazil’s gold exports are illegal, report says
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Roughly 28% of Brazilian gold exports in 2019 and 2020 likely came from illegal mines, a report by public prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas Ge...
Aug 30, 2021
Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending – study
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp are the three biggest lobbying spenders in Europe in a battle against tough new laws aimed at curbing U...
Aug 30, 2021
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