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Macron’s government defends French tax cuts and spending with 2022 budget
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's government defended its tax cuts and unprecedented pandemic spending on Wednesday as it turned in its budget plans for 2022, a pres...
Sep 22, 2021
Italy’s Draghi, Russia’s Putin discuss Afghan crisis, G20 summit-statement
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Wednesday, in a phone conversation, the situation in Afghanistan ahead of a G20 summit scheduled ...
Sep 22, 2021
German government pledges ongoing support for hydrogen build-up
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's drive to use more hydrogen as an energy source has progressed well since it started last year, but more work is needed to expand production capacity, imports and market ap...
Sep 22, 2021
South Korea to donate 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam in October
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it would donate more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam next month in what would become the northern Asian country's firs...
Sep 22, 2021
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near coast of Nicaragua- EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck near the coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 kilometers (24.85 mi...
Sep 22, 2021
Morocco’s designated premier announces new coalition
RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco's designated prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, said on Wednesday the three biggest winners of this month's parliamentary election, the liberal RNI and PAM parties and the conse...
Sep 22, 2021
U.S. parents weigh risks, benefits as COVID-19 vaccine for kids nears approval
By Joseph Ax and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - In an ideal world, Leah Smithers said she could afford to wait for longer-term testing of the COVID-19 vaccines before getting the jab for her 10-year-old...
Sep 22, 2021
Factbox – What you need to know about the U.S. relaxing COVID travel restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to ease travel restrictions in early November that have barred much of the world from entering the United States since 2020. The Centers for Disea...
Sep 22, 2021
Bill Gates’ green tech fund bets on Silicon Valley farming robots
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - As California struggles with another crippling drought, a Silicon Valley startup that believes robots can grow produce more sustainably said Wednesday it raised $50 mill...
Sep 22, 2021
Biden pledges new vaccine donations in bid to rally global pandemic fight
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will push world leaders on Wednesday to do more to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, and announce a U.S. pledge to buy 500 million more vaccine doses...
Sep 22, 2021
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