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U.S. judge blocks Florida law curbing professor speech
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked key provisions of a Florida state law that curbs professors from endorsing particular viewpoints in public university classrooms, calling...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada ‘very unlikely’ to join OPEC-like group for nickel -gov’t source
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has not committed to establishing an OPEC-like organization for nickel-producing countries with Indonesia and is "very unlikely" to participate in any such g...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. aims for zero-emissions heavy-duty vehicles by 2040
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States aims to only sell and produce zero-emissions medium- and heavy-duty vehicles like school buses and tractor trailers by 2040, the U.S. energ...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi wraps up long and historic leadership career
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Pelosi is wrapping up a long career of congressional leadership in which she became the only woman to serve in the powerful post of U.S. House of Repr...
Nov 17, 2022
Swiss National Bank issued 140 billion Sfr of bills, repos following rate hike
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank has issued bills and repurchase agreements (repos) worth nearly 140 billion Swiss francs ($148.6 billion) after the central bank started its latest round of ...
Nov 17, 2022
New Zealand’s Fonterra divests Chile operations for $641 million
(Reuters) - New Zealand's dairy exporter Fonterra Co-operative Group said early on Friday that it had divested its Soprole dairy operations in Chile for an aggregate 591.07 billion Chilean pesos ($641...
Nov 17, 2022
Pelosi says she will not seek re-election to House Democrats’ top job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will not seek re-election to the leadership of the Democratic caucus, making way for a younger ...
Nov 17, 2022
China’s BYD expands electric vehicle operation in Brazil
By Alberto Alerigi SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd will start selling two new electric vehicle models in Brazil this month, betting on favorable political and environmental developm...
Nov 17, 2022
Up to 4 feet of lake-effect snow may fall on Western New York, parts of Ohio
By Lindsey DeDario and Rich McKay BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) - Western New York and parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan may be inundated by up to four feet of lake-effect snow by the end of the week...
Nov 17, 2022
Factbox-From Genesis to Voyager, crypto firms’ exposure to FTX is coming to light
(Reuters) - After major crypto exchange FTX filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday, the crypto industry is bracing for further fallout. BlockFi and Genesis, two firms with exposure to FTX or i...
Nov 17, 2022
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