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Ecuadorean indigenous communities sue to halt oil development
QUITO (Reuters) - Indigenous communities from Ecuador's Amazon on Monday sued the government to halt plans by President Guillermo Lasso to increase oil development in the country, calling the expansio...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. House committee rejects Bannon ‘privilege’ argument in Jan. 6 probe
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol told Steve Bannon that it rejected his arguments for failing to coope...
Oct 18, 2021
Olympics-Small minority of U.S. Olympians oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandate, say officials
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said on Monday its decision to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for those competing at next year's Beijing Olympi...
Oct 18, 2021
Trump sues U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack -court document
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, alleging...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. State Dept IG launches probes into end of Afghanistan operations -Politico
(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department's inspector general is launching a series of investigations into the end of the Biden administration's diplomatic operations in Afghanistan, Politico reported on ...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden to speak to Senator Manchin on spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he was going to speak with Senator Joe Manchin, the centrist Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia whose vote is crucial to the pass...
Oct 18, 2021
Morocco police seize over one tonne of cocaine in Tangier port -statement
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco police said they seized on Monday one tonne and 335 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a container ship in Tangier Med Port. The ship departed from Brazil and was heading to t...
Oct 18, 2021
Alberta referendum puts embattled premier in spotlight
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Alberta held a referendum on Monday asking whether Canada should remove a commitment to redistribute wealth among provinces from its constitution, but the ...
Oct 18, 2021
Explainer-Why did the SEC release a report on GameStop?
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday released a report examining the frenzied trading in shares of retailer GameStop Corp, and other 'meme' stocks...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. SEC praises equity market structure, absolves short sellers in GameStop report
By Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. markets functioned well during January's GameStop volatility, while short selling was not the main cause of the unprecedented rise...
Oct 18, 2021
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