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Regulator approves trading platform for new UK-Norway power cable
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - The Nord Pool exchange has received an operating license to host day-ahead power trading auctions for the first electricity cable linking Norway and Britain from this aut...
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GM backs emissions reductions outlined in California agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors said Wednesday it supports the emissions reductions outlined in a 2019 deal struck between California and other major automakers but wants the federal government ...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
XP’s bank plans financial services marketplace – CEO
By Tatiana Bautzer and Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian broker XP Inc is bolstering its banking unit to offer financial services such as credit and insurance to the more than 3 million c...
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Systemic failures behind Colombia police rights abuses: HRW
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Brutal abuses by Colombia's police during recent anti-government protests are not isolated incidents but part of extensive failings by state security forces, advoc...
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Afghan government and Taliban negotiators meet in Doha to discuss peace
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan government and Taliban negotiators met in Qatar's capital Doha this week to discuss the peace process, the first known meeting in weeks after negotiations largely stalled earl...
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Delta coronavirus variant believed to have 60% transmission advantage: UK epidemiologist
LONDON (Reuters) - The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, a prom...
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Tennis-Defending champion Swiatek crashes out of French Open in quarter-finals
PARIS (Reuters) - Defending champion Iga Swiatek was knocked out 6-4 6-4 by Greek Maria Sakkari in the French Open quarter-finals, leaving the women's draw wide open on Wednesday. The 20-year-old Pole...
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Swiss say Kremlin-linked businessman fighting extradition to U.S.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A Kremlin-linked Russian businessman is fighting extradition to the United States following his arrest on a U.S. warrant issued over alleged insider trading, the Swiss justice minis...
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Swedish prosecutor charges ex-Bombardier employee with bribery in rail deal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An ex-employee of a unit of Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier, now owned by French firm Alstom, has been charged in Sweden on suspicion of bribing an Azerbaijani official to sec...
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Coronavirus wave takes Haiti, yet to begin vaccinations, by surprise
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - For more than a year, Haiti escaped the worst ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting few cases and fatalities - a rare break for the po...
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