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Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report
By Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin SAO PAULO/BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 3...
Jul 14, 2021
Tencent-backed analytics firm Amplitude confidentially files for direct listing
(Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd-backed Amplitude said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed paperwork for a direct listing in the United States, just a month after a funding round valued the analy...
Jul 14, 2021
Exclusive-Canada to back Pratt & Whitney turboprop hybrid engine technology -sources
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada is expected to announce government support for Pratt & Whitney to bring a hybrid engine to first flight, as the country eyes a broader role in developing...
Jul 14, 2021
Britain, EU must use caution in new online rules – UN
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain and other countries drawing up legislation to regulate online content - including racist abuse - must avoid overly broad definitions and over-reliance o...
Jul 14, 2021
Russia warns Britain: Sail near Crimea again and your sailors will get hurt
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian security official warned Britain on Wednesday not to sail its warships near Russian-annexed Crimea again unless it wanted its sailors to get hurt. The warning, issu...
Jul 14, 2021
Soccer-Schick’s long-range strike against Scotland voted goal of Euro 2020
(Reuters) - Czech Republic striker Patrik Schick's stunning long-range effort against Scotland in the Euro 2020 group stage has been voted the goal of the tournament, European soccer's governing body ...
Jul 14, 2021
EU to widen carbon market scope in push to meet climate goals
By Kate Abnett and Susanna Twidale BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Shipping will be included in Europe's emissions trading system (ETS) and costs for polluters are set to rise under Brussels' plans to mee...
Jul 14, 2021
Factbox-The threat horizon according to Britain’s MI5 spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign agents we...
Jul 14, 2021
UK spy chief: hostile powers not behind racist attacks on soccer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster said on Wednesday that there was little evidence that hostile powers such as Russia or China were behind the racist abuse meted out to Black soccer ...
Jul 14, 2021
Column-Faster U.S. inflation erases years of undershot targets: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Rapidly rising consumer prices as the U.S. economy re-opens after the pandemic have erased years of below-target inflation, intensifying questions about when the centra...
Jul 14, 2021
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