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Iran’s draft fiscal budget targets 8% growth – president
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's draft fiscal budget targets 8% economic growth for the next Iranian year which starts on March 21, President Ebrahim Raisi told parliament on Sunday. "The growth projects incl...
Dec 12, 2021
How Poland blew its chance to get billions in EU recovery cash
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's Justice Commissioner received "brutal" treatment last month in Warsaw, a member of his delegation said, during talks aimed at defusing a dispute ove...
Dec 12, 2021
California governor pushes for gun laws modeled on Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom said he plans to use a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling on strict abortion curbs in Texas to design a law that would allow private citizens to sue s...
Dec 12, 2021
High winds leave 210,000 without power in Canada’s Ontario
(Reuters) - Extreme winds hit the Canadian province of Ontario to plunge more than 280,000 homes and businesses into darkness, utility Hydro One said on Saturday, although power supplies were later re...
Dec 11, 2021
India Modi’s personal Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’ -Prime Minister’s Office
(Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal Twitter handle was "very briefly compromised," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a tweet early on Sunday. The matter was escalated t...
Dec 11, 2021
Former Trump adviser Navarro refuses subpoena in U.S. House coronavirus probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has refused to comply with a subpoena for documents related to the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus, saying the ...
Dec 11, 2021
Biden approves Kentucky emergency declaration for tornado disaster
By Andrea Shalal WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday approved an emergency declaration for Kentucky after the state was battered by a swarm of tornadoes that killed at le...
Dec 11, 2021
Intel shows research for packing more computing power into chips beyond 2025
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Research teams at Intel Corp on Saturday unveiled work that the company believes will help it keep speeding up and shrinking computing chips over the next ten years, with...
Dec 11, 2021
Garth Dennis of reggae band Black Uhuru dies at 72
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Garth Dennis, a musician who helped pioneer an electronic and echo-driven style of reggae in the 1980s as a leader of the band Black Uhuru, has died, according to...
Dec 11, 2021
In an instant, a Kentucky factory destroyed, dozens of employees missing
By Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - On the day before Thanksgiving, Mayfield Consumer Products in western Kentucky posted photos online showing smiling employees lining up at a buffet table ready ...
Dec 11, 2021
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