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3M agrees to pay $98 million to resolve suits over ‘forever’ chemicals
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it contaminated the Tennessee River with toxic chemi...
Oct 19, 2021
UK foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Liz Truss will travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week, seeking to further the case for a trade deal with Gulf countries and deepen diplomatic ties. Trus...
Oct 19, 2021
Tennis-Vaccinations necessary for Australian Open visas, immigration minister says
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - All players that want a visa to compete in the Australian Open will need to be fully vaccinated, the country's minister for immigration said on Wednesday, putting...
Oct 19, 2021
Germany must resist Russian ‘blackmail’ over pipeline -Greens co-leader
BERLIN (Reuters) - The co-leader of Germany's Green Party accused Russian "blackmail" of causing high energy prices across Europe, saying Moscow is trying to leverage Germany to allow the Nord Stream ...
Oct 19, 2021
Aeromexico posts third-quarter net loss of almost $109 million
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Grupo Aeromexico, which operates Mexico's largest airline, reported on Tuesday a net loss of 2.24 billion pesos ($108.7 million) in the third quarter, versus a net loss of 2.88...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient's immune system, a potentially major adv...
Oct 19, 2021
Britain’s Royal Mint to extract gold from discarded electronics
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mint said on Wednesday it planned to build a plant in Wales that could reclaim hundreds of kilograms of gold and other precious metals from electronic waste such as ...
Oct 19, 2021
Rugby-Whitelock takes over All Blacks captaincy as team prepares for U.S. clash
(Reuters) - Stalwart lock Sam Whitelock will take over the New Zealand captaincy ahead of the Northern Tour, assistant coach John Plumtree told reporters on Tuesday, days ahead of a test match against...
Oct 19, 2021
UBS’s Weber centre stage as Santander-Orcel court battle resumes
By Jess Aguado and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - UBS Chairman Axel Weber is expected to take centre stage on Wednesday in a court battle that erupted after Spain's Santander withdrew a multimillion-e...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact on young users, a p...
Oct 19, 2021
