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Massachusetts city agrees with U.S. Justice Department to reform police
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The city of Springfield, Massachusetts has agreed to carry out reforms to resolve claims that its narcotics officers routinely used excessive force, the U.S. Justice...
Apr 13, 2022
CEOs of four large U.S. meatpackers to testify in Congressional hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of U.S. meatpackers Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS and National Beef Packing have agreed to testify at a Congressional hearing discussing cattle markets and pric...
Apr 13, 2022
Dozens of homes destroyed by New Mexico wildfire
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A wind-driven wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the New Mexico mountain town Ruidoso and continued to burn through residential areas on Wednesday, local officials sai...
Apr 13, 2022
Inflation in Russia hits highest in more than 20 years
(Reuters) - Annual inflation in Russia accelerated to 17.49% as of April 8, its highest since February 2002 and up from 16.70% a week earlier, the economy ministry said on Wednesday, as the volatile r...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. renews COVID-19 public health emergency
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to keep getting free tests, vaccines and treatmen...
Apr 13, 2022
IMF, World Bank, WFP and WTO urge coordinated action on food security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations World Food Program and World Trade Organization on Wednesday called for urgent, coordinated action on food security, ...
Apr 13, 2022
WTO panel largely backs Mexico in row with Costa Rica over avocados
ZURICH (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization dispute panel has largely sided with Mexico in a dispute with Costa Rica over import restrictions on Mexican avocados, a panel report released on Wednesda...
Apr 13, 2022
Yellen says global growth will take a hit from Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global economic growth will take a hit from Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday, noting that it had sent prices for food, energy and ...
Apr 13, 2022
Analysis-Russian workers face new reality as Ukraine war sanctions sap job prospects
LONDON (Reuters) - The phone call telling Oleksandr Kyryliuk he was losing his job came just hours after Russian troops stormed into Ukraine. His employer, beermaker Samuel Smith, had decided to pull ...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. poised to extend transit mask mandate through May 3
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration plans to extend by 15 days a U.S. mandate requiring travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and in transit hubs, two sources br...
Apr 13, 2022
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