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U.S. House Speaker McCarthy says accepts Biden’s invitation to talk on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Friday he would accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to sit down and discuss how to raise the U.S. debt limit. McCarthy, the t...
Jan 20, 2023
British Columbia reaches deal with more First Nations on resource management
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The western Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) on Friday announced a deal with four Indigenous First Nations to collaborate on land planning and managing the impacts of in...
Jan 20, 2023
U.S. man gets 60 years for sex trafficking, extorting college students
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A New Jersey man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Friday on U.S. sex trafficking and other charges for grooming, abusing and extorting millions of dollars from a g...
Jan 20, 2023
New Zealand Labour Party: Chris Hipkins sole candidate to replace Jacinda Ardern as leader
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Chris Hipkins is set to replace Jacinda Ardern as leader of the Labour party and New Zealand's prime minister after being the only candidate to be nominated for the role, the La...
Jan 20, 2023
Soccer-Juventus handed 15 points deduction over transfer dealings
ROME (Reuters) - Juventus have been deducted 15 points by an Italian soccer court investigating its transfer dealings, the national soccer associaton said on Friday. With 20 games left to play in this...
Jan 20, 2023
Soccer-Leicester to sign defender Kristiansen from FC Copenhagen
(Reuters) - FC Copenhagen have agreed to sell defender Victor Kristiansen to Leicester City, the Danish Superliga club announced on Friday. The 20-year-old will join the Premier League side for an und...
Jan 20, 2023
Fed can likely slow runoff as bank reserves near 10% to 11% of GDP
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve can probably start to slow its balance sheet runoff once bank reserves fall to around 10% or 11% of gross domestic product, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Frid...
Jan 20, 2023
Over 60 women, children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping -national broadcaster
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Tlvision du Burkina (RTP) said...
Jan 20, 2023
U.S. fines J&J $9.75 million over kickbacks to surgeon for overseas surgeries
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes unit will pay $9.75 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice accusations that DePuy illegally provided free products to a Ma...
Jan 20, 2023
U.S. charges two men with facilitating sanctions evasion of Russian oligarch’s yacht
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two businessmen were charged in indictments unsealed in a U.S. court on Friday with allegedly facilitating a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme in relation to a $90 m...
Jan 20, 2023
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