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World Bank’s private arm launches $2 billion program to help Ukrainian businesses
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank's private investment arm on Thursday said it had launched a $2 billion support package for Ukraine to help build the resilience of the Ukrainian ...
Dec 15, 2022
Philadelphia schools will require masks as U.S. COVID cases spike
(Reuters) - Children in Philadelphia will have to wear face coverings at school for 10 days after their winter break, school officials said, as communities around the country contend with another surg...
Dec 15, 2022
Macau casinos’ new contracts to sharpen focus on non-gaming activities
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau's six incumbent casino firms are set to sign new 10-year contracts on Friday to operate in the world's biggest gambling hub, easing fears of investors and executives after ...
Dec 15, 2022
Macron wants European response to U.S. IRA to amount to 2% of GDP
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday Europe needed an urgent response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act to ensure a future for its industry and welcomed the mandate gi...
Dec 15, 2022
Aurizon to sell ECR unit for $285 million to ease competition concerns
(Reuters) - Aurizon Holdings, Australia's largest rail freight operator, said on Friday it will sell its East Coast Rail (ECR) business to Magnetic Rail Group for A$425 million ($284.71 million) in ca...
Dec 15, 2022
Lawmakers hear more pleas for assault weapon ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A legislative committee on Thursday heard more witnesses call for a ban on high-power, semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, but some experts ...
Dec 15, 2022
Italian brake maker Brembo plans expansion in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Italian premium brakes maker Brembo, which supplies Tesla, Ferrari and other car companies, plans to expand one of its factories in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, go...
Dec 15, 2022
Former Texas officer found guilty in 2019 death of Black woman
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A former Texas police officer was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the death of a Black woman who was killed when he shot her through a window of her home in Oct...
Dec 15, 2022
French prosecutors raid General Electric site on tax fraud probe – AFP
(Reuters) - Prosecutors searched U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co's industrial site in eastern France on Thursday as part of an inquiry into claims it avoided millions of euros in taxes by transf...
Dec 15, 2022
Colombian property tech unicorn Tuhabi to double operations in 2023
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Colombian property technology startup Tuhabi expects to double in size next year, betting particularly on growth in Mexico, the company said in a release on Thursday. The so-ca...
Dec 15, 2022
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