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US senators adopt new strategy to push Saudi Arabia on human rights
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced a resolution on Wednesday that could force President Joe Biden's administration to prepare a report on Sa...
Mar 15, 2023
Forty US senators join push for tougher stance over China’s treatment of Hong Kong
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Forty of the 100 U.S. senators co-sponsored a resolution on Wednesday urging a strong U.S. government response to any Chinese efforts to clamp down on disse...
Mar 15, 2023
Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in US
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on Wednesday in a bid by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the abortion pill mifepristone across the country, even in s...
Mar 15, 2023
U.S. Senate Democrats, Republicans to battle over spending amid bank collapse
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Budget Committee begins debate on Wednesday over Democratic President Joe Biden's $6.8 trillion budget proposal, as the collapse of a pair of ban...
Mar 15, 2023
Tennis-‘Shut up and play’: Medvedev hopes to cut out on-court histrionics
(Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev said his on-court outbursts at Indian Wells were a distraction to himself and he would be better off shutting up and playing the game instead. The fifth-seeded Russian is n...
Mar 15, 2023
Self-driving startup Gatik to double workforce, strikes Kroger deal
By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Self-driving trucking startup Gatik will double its workforce by year end, a top executive said, after it announced a deal on Wednesday with grocer Kroger Co t...
Mar 15, 2023
Soccer-Booked, subbed and goalless – a rough night for Ronaldo
(Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr beat Abha 3-1 in the King's Cup on Tuesday but it was a disappointing night for the Portuguese forward, who failed to score, received a yellow card and was sub...
Mar 15, 2023
HSBC urges SVB UK staff to assure clients their cash, loans are safe – memo
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC's top bosses have called on employees at the rescued British arm of failed U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank to assure clients "their deposits are safe and loans are supported" a...
Mar 15, 2023
Denmark’s central bank sees 4% inflation this year, risk of wage-price spiral
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's central bank on Wednesday forecast 4% inflation this year, more than half the level in 2022, and warned high wage increases could delay the slow-down of price increase...
Mar 15, 2023
China’s pig farms battle new surge in African swine fever
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - A surge in African swine fever infections in China is set to reduce hog output later this year, farm managers and analysts said this week, pushing up prices in ...
Mar 15, 2023
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