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European countries reach digital services tax deal with U.S
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Austria, Britain, France, Italy, Spain and the United States reached an agreement on Thursday on the transition from national digital services taxes contested by Wash...
Oct 21, 2021
Ford’s fleet customers send mixed signals on electric vehicles -exec
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co sees a robust market for electric trucks and vans by 2030, but it is facing some early pushback from commercial customers that are a key audience for ...
Oct 21, 2021
UK agrees to end digital services tax after global tax reform
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that it would phase out its Digital Services Tax on U.S. tech giants such as Google and Facebook once a global reform to corporate taxation takes effect in ...
Oct 21, 2021
Texas urges U.S. Supreme Court to maintain state’s abortion ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - Texas on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to keep in place a state law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion while it defends the Republican-backed measure against...
Oct 21, 2021
Luxury demand fuels L’Oreal’s quarterly sales growth
PARIS (Reuters) -L'Oreal on Thursday posted better-than-expected revenue growth for the third-quarter, fuelled by continued strong demand for its luxury lines. The French group, which owns brands like...
Oct 21, 2021
Putin warns against depriving U.N. Security Council members of veto rights
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that depriving permanent members of the United Nations Security Council of their veto rights would destroy the world body. Russia i...
Oct 21, 2021
Putin urges cooperation, not rivalry to tackle climate crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged international cooperation, not rivalry to tackle the climate crisis, a day after the Kremlin said he would not fly to Scotland for...
Oct 21, 2021
COVID-19 disinformation backfires as Russian deaths climb, EU says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A systematic disinformation campaign in Russian media to foster doubts and misgivings about COVID-19 vaccines in the West has backfired as the death toll in Russia...
Oct 21, 2021
Plastics to outpace coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 -report
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The carbon-intensive production of plastics is on pace to emit more greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants within this decade, undercutting global ef...
Oct 21, 2021
Haiti’s 400 Mawozo rose from petty crime gang to major kidnapping ring
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's 400 Mawozo gang, which kidnapped a group of U.S. and Canadian missionaries over the weekend, started out as small-time local th...
Oct 21, 2021
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