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Boeing wins follow-on contract valued up to $23.8 billion from U.S. Defense Department
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Wednesday the U.S. Department of Defense had awarded it a follow-on contract valued at up to $23.8 billion to provide services to a fleet of C-17 Globemaster III transpor...
Sep 29, 2021
Young activists table proposals for Glasgow climate talks
By Stephen Jewkes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) - Young activists on Wednesday tabled a slate of proposals for inclusion in the COP26 climate agenda, a day before Italian Prime Minister Mario ...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. labor board official says college athletes are ’employees’
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The top lawyer at the agency that enforces U.S. labor laws said on Wednesday that many college athletes are their schools' employees, effectively inviting players to tak...
Sep 29, 2021
Republican Cheney offers strong defense of Milley, invokes Jan. 6 Capitol riot
By Patricia Zengerle and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Liz Cheney offered a resounding defense on Wednesday of General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pra...
Sep 29, 2021
Walgreens weighing deal to buy Evolent Health – Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering an acquisition of healthcare IT firm Evolent Health Inc, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Evo...
Sep 29, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. official in charge of policing corporate crime leaving Justice Dept
By Jody Godoy and Chris Prentice NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-time U.S. Department of Justice official Daniel Kahn, who oversaw high-profile bribery cases against French energy company Alstom ...
Sep 29, 2021
Rebuffed by Bolsonaro, Brazil medical institute to sell vaccines abroad
By Eduardo Simes (Reuters) - Brazil's Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac to other countries in South America and Afr...
Sep 29, 2021
France’s Le Maire says G7 made progress on international corporate tax reform
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a statement that G7 finance ministers had made a lot of progress on Wednesday on key points in international corporate tax reform. "Let...
Sep 29, 2021
Mexican government sends 70 migrants back to Haiti by plane
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has begun sending flights of Haitian migrants to Haiti, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. A group of 70 Haitian migrants, including 13 children, departed ...
Sep 29, 2021
EU, Britain urge Russia to commit to net zero CO2 emissions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, Britain and Italy have urged Russia to commit to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and step up its plans to tackle climate change ahead of the CO...
Sep 29, 2021
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