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Fed bans officials’ trading, with focus on Powell renomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday banned individual stock purchases by top officials at the central bank and unveiled a broad set of other restrictions on their investing act...
Oct 21, 2021
White House says the U.S. will do all it can to help resolve Haiti kidnappings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it will do all it can to help the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, where a gang leader said he was willing to kill "these Americans" if he does ...
Oct 21, 2021
Putin says Western military backing of Ukraine threatens Russia
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Western-backed military development of Ukraine posed a serious threat to Russia...
Oct 21, 2021
Outgoing U.N. envoy says Myanmar has spiraled into civil war
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Myanmar has spiraled into civil war following a military coup, the outgoing U.N. special envoy on Myanmar said on Thursday, warning that the chance to re...
Oct 21, 2021
Lebanon’s Geagea says he was not informed of court request to hear statement over Beirut violence -local television
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party Samir Geagea told local MTV television on Thursday he was not informed of any request to hear his statement over last we...
Oct 21, 2021
Syria executes 24 people over deadly forest fires
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria executed 24 people it said had set fires that swept swathes of forests mainly in the coastal province of Latakia, the ancestral home of Syrian President ...
Oct 21, 2021
Rocket failure delays U.S. hypersonic weapon test, sources
By Mike Stone and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon's hypersonic weapon programs suffered a setback after a booster rocket carrying a hypersonic weapon failed to lift off, people briefed o...
Oct 21, 2021
Caixabank considers selling 9.92% stake in Erste Group valued at $1.92 billion
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank said on Thursday it was considering selling its entire 9.92% stake in the Austrian lender Erste Group Bank. The stake has current a market value of around 1.65 bil...
Oct 21, 2021
Toyota exec: Not everyone should drive a battery electric vehicle
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) -Many people are passionate about climate change, but not everybody should drive a battery electric vehicle as a means to combat climate change, Toyota Motor Corp Chief Scien...
Oct 21, 2021
Republicans assail U.S. effort to protect school boards from violent threats a ‘snitch line’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress blasted a U.S. Justice Department initiative to protect local school board officials from threats of violence by people angry at anti-r...
Oct 21, 2021
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