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Protests get harder for Afghan women amid risks and red tape
By Zeba Siddiqui and Parniyan Zemaryalai (Reuters) - Women in Afghanistan who object to what the Taliban have said and done since returning to power are finding it harder to protest, now that imprompt...
Oct 04, 2021
Turkey says sent Cypriot vessel away from its continental shelf
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey sent a Greek Cypriot research vessel away from what it says is its continental shelf in the Mediterranean on Sunday after it entered the area without permission, Turkey's Def...
Oct 04, 2021
Analysis-Peru’s Las Bambas standoff tests Castillo’s mining reform pledges
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's new socialist government swept to power pledging to strike a new deal with the copper mining sector and redistribute profits to Andean communities like tho...
Oct 04, 2021
Billie Eilish to headline Glastonbury music festival next year
LONDON (Reuters) - Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish will perform at Glastonbury next June, becoming the British music festival's youngest-ever solo headliner, organisers said on Monday. The 19-year-o...
Oct 04, 2021
Kremlin says Putin has not discussed OPEC+ deal recently
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has not held any recent discussions by phone about the global oil production deal by the OPEC+ group of leading producers, a Kremlin spokesman said ...
Oct 04, 2021
All Britain’s power to be green by 2035, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday Britain was aiming to produce "clean power" by 2035 as part of the country's goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions. Britain, which w...
Oct 04, 2021
Analysis-Diverse boards to pick the next Boston and Dallas Fed bank chiefs
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The searches soon to get underway for two new top U.S. central bankers will be an important test for what has been a rallying cry of sorts for proponents of diversity: that b...
Oct 04, 2021
Latin American M&A booms to 10-year high of $105 billion so far this year
By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions in Latin America were above $105 billion in the first nine months of the year, the highest volume in a decade, according to Refinitiv ...
Oct 04, 2021
Seven more killed in Oman following tropical storm Shaheen
DUBAI (Reuters) - Seven more people were killed in Oman as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after tropical storm Shaheen made landfall, the national emergency committee said on Monday on...
Oct 04, 2021
McDonald’s targets net zero emissions by 2050, from meat to energy
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp on Monday set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, from the beef in its burgers to the light bulbs in its restau...
Oct 04, 2021
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