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World Bank sees ‘significant’ inflation risk from high energy prices
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy prices are expected to inch up in 2022 after surging more than 80% in 2021, fueling significant near-term risks to global inflation in many developing co...
Oct 21, 2021
UK PM says sticking with current plan for COVID-19 despite high case numbers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is sticking with its current plan for managing COVID-19 said Prime Minister Boris Johnson, adding that although infection numbers are high they are within the levels forecas...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. existing home sales surge to 8-month high in September
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. home sales surged to an eight-month high September, but higher prices as supply remains tight are squeezing out first-time buyers from the housing market. Existing home sale...
Oct 21, 2021
Germany needs to invest $1 trillion to hit climate target
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs an extra 860 billion euros ($1 trillion) in investment if it is to achieve its 2030 climate target, a study conducted by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) with...
Oct 21, 2021
Exxon plans to increase carbon capture at Wyoming facility
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said on Thursday it plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its LaBarge, Wyoming facility and had started the process for engineering, procurement and construction ...
Oct 21, 2021
Ethiopia hits Tigrayan forces in third day of air strikes – government
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia carried out an air strike on the city of Mekelle for the third day this week, a government spokesperson said, in a campaign to weaken rebellious Tigrayan forces they h...
Oct 21, 2021
One of world’s last two northern white rhinos dropped from race to save the species
NAIROBI (Reuters) - One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding programme aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists sai...
Oct 21, 2021
Israel to readmit COVID-vaccinated foreign tourists next month
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Individual tourists who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to enter Israel from month, the government said on Thursday, further easing curbs on foreign arrivals that we...
Oct 21, 2021
Remains of ‘Big John’, largest known triceratops, sell for 6.65 million euros
PARIS (Reuters) -The fossilised remains of 'Big John', the largest triceratops dinosaur ever discovered by paleontologists, sold for 6.65 million euros ($7.74 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday. ...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. blocking imports of tomatoes from Mexican farm over forced labor allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Thursday it will bar imports of fresh tomatoes produced by the farm Agropecuarios Tom S.A. de C.V., and Horticola S.A de C.V., and ...
Oct 21, 2021
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