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Iberdrola to plough $8.2 billion into mega UK offshore wind farm
MADRID (Reuters) - Global wind power leader Iberdrola will pour six billion pounds ($8.24 billion) into a wind farm complex in the North Sea off the east coast of Britain, in its biggest project inves...
Oct 18, 2021
British fintech Zopa hits $1 billion valuation with SoftBank investment
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - British digital bank Zopa has raised $300 million from investors including Japan's SoftBank Group, it said on Tuesday, as the lender looks to expand its business a...
Oct 18, 2021
UK announces 10 billion pounds of green deals at investment summit
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it had attracted nearly 10 billion pounds ($13.72 billion) from global investors to fund its green regeneration agenda, as it hosted an investment summ...
Oct 18, 2021
Yellen to extend extraordinary debt management measures through Dec 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders on Monday that she will extend extraordinary cash management measures to stay under the federal debt limit throug...
Oct 18, 2021
Three people dead after Jamaica police raid cult compound on fear of ‘ritualized killings’
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Three people were left dead and three hospitalized after Jamaican police raided the compound of a small religious organization due to concerns the group was prepa...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favo...
Oct 18, 2021
Washington, D.C, subway reduced service to continue at least through Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington, D.C.-area subway will operate at reduced service through at least Sunday after it was ordered to not use nearly 60% of its rail fleet earlier on Monday, the Wash...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senate set to hold test vote Wednesday on election reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to take a procedural vote on whether to debate a major overhaul of federal election law on Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday as h...
Oct 18, 2021
Canada’s Trudeau visits First Nations community after snubbing indigenous leader’s invitation
By Anna Mehler Paperny (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday visited the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc community and the unmarked burial sites of indigenous children after snubbing the First Nat...
Oct 18, 2021
Negotiations on $3.5 trillion U.S. investment bill making progress -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators to a massive U.S. bill that would invest up to $3.5 trillion to expand social programs and attack climate change have made progress in recent days but have not yet b...
Oct 18, 2021
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