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Kuwait’s emir grants pardons and reduced sentences to dissidents
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir issued two decrees on Saturday granting pardons and reduced sentences to 35 dissidents, meeting a key demand of opposition lawmakers locked in a months...
Nov 13, 2021
EU climate policy chief urges COP26 delegates to keep 1.5C goal in mind
GLASGOW (Reuters) - The European Union's climate policy chief warned delegates at the U.N. climate summit that they were in danger of stumbling before the finish line of the COP26 negotiations. Urging...
Nov 13, 2021
India criticises fossil fuel language in COP26 draft deal
GLASGOW (Reuters) - India's environment and climate minister, Bhupender Yadav, took aim at a draft deal at the United Nations climate summit on Saturday, saying he disagreed with the language on fossi...
Nov 13, 2021
Toshiba’s top shareholder says undecided whether to support breakup
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's biggest investor Effissimo Capital Management said on Saturday it has not decided whether to support plans outlined by the Japanese industrial conglomerate to split in...
Nov 13, 2021
Trump Organization does not have to pay Michael Cohen’s legal bills -judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump Organization does not need to pay millions of dollars in legal bills for Trump's former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen, a New York judge decided on Friday. Michael Coh...
Nov 13, 2021
Pope thanks journalists for helping expose Church sex scandals
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the Roman Catholic Church initially tried to cover up. The pope praise...
Nov 13, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 strikes Western Australia – USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck a sparsely populated area of Western Australia, 24 km (15 miles) from the small town of Marble Bar, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday. The Europ...
Nov 13, 2021
Airbus shaves 20-year demand forecast, sees faster replacements
By Tim Hepher and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Airbus shaved its forecast for airplane demand by 0.5% compared with pre-pandemic projections on Saturday, offset by a brighter outlook for freig...
Nov 13, 2021
Belarus leader says he wants Russian nuclear-capable missile systems
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus wants Russian nuclear-capable Iskander missile systems to deploy them in the south and west of the country, President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with a Russia...
Nov 13, 2021
Blast hits Shi’ite area of Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) -A magnetic bomb attached to a minivan exploded in a heavily Shi'ite area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, causing an unknown number of casualties, a Taliban official and local...
Nov 13, 2021
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