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New York’s pension fund to review oil holdings, axes more coal investments
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - The third-largest U.S. public pension fund on Thursday said it is launching reviews over climate concerns on $640 million invested in 42 shale oil and gas firms, including C...
Aug 12, 2021
U.N. warns any fighting in Kabul would be ‘catastrophic’ for civilians
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it is particularly concerned about a shift in fighting in Afghanistan to urban areas, warning that if a Taliban offensive r...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. FDA has not seen possible side-effects of COVID shots being studied in EU
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that it has not seen evidence yet to suggest that the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech and Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccines are causing addi...
Aug 12, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 strikes South Sandwich Islands region – USGS
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck the South Sandwich Islands region in the South Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday, adding the quake had a depth of 63 kms (39 ...
Aug 12, 2021
Israel says it downed Hezbollah drone that crossed from Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Thursday it downed a drone belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group that crossed into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. In a brief statement, it said th...
Aug 12, 2021
Britain sends troops to Afghanistan to help evacuate staff and citizens
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will deploy hundreds of military personnel to Afghanistan to help British nationals and local translators get out of the country, defence secretary Ben Wallace said on Thurs...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. FDA approves expanded use of Jazz Pharma’s sleep disorder drug Xywav
By Bhanvi Satija and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) -Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC said on Thursday its sleep disorder drug Xywav received U.S. regulatory approval for the expanded use in patients suffering ...
Aug 12, 2021
Mob attacks Indian businesses in Congo amid furore over student’s death
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A mob attacked Indian businesses and vehicles in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital on Thursday, the police said, part of ongoing fallout from a Congolese student's death in I...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. confirms drawing down to ‘core diplomatic presence’ in Kabul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday the United States is reducing its civilian footprint to a "core diplomatic presence" in Kabul in light of the security...
Aug 12, 2021
Sudan nearing decision about handing Bashir to ICC, prosecutor says
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will not decide before next week at the earliest whether to hand over former President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of atrocities in th...
Aug 12, 2021
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