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Factbox-Reactions to assassination of Haitian president – ‘abhorrent’, ‘vile’
(Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been killed by unidentified attackers in his private residence. Here are reactions from world leaders and governments: UNITED STATES "It's a horrific cr...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Global banks to launch voluntary carbon offset market platform
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Four global banks will next month launch a pilot platform for buying and selling voluntary carbon credits, they said on Wednesday, the latest sign of growing inte...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Hackers attack websites of Ukraine’s president and security service
KYIV (Reuters) - A cyber attack hit the websites of Ukraine's president, security service and other institutions on Tuesday afternoon but they were working again by the evening, the state service for ...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Brazil’s Guedes projects Brazil 2021 growth of up to 5.5%
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Wednesday that Brazil should grow between 5% and 5.5% in 2021, as the economy is recovering from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
China vice premier urges stronger protection for Yellow River
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for ecological protection to be stepped up in the Yellow River Basin after a secretive filming project highlighted the need to address env...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Factbox-Plotting the return to normal as Delta variant spreads
(Reuters) - As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts gain momentum, many countries are opening borders and letting people back into restaurants, shops and sports venues after more than a year of on-off lockdowns....
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
UK to track COVID-19 variants with genomic sequencing across the world
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Wednesday it would provide genomic sequencing support to Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan to help identify, assess and track new variants of the novel co...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Russia expels Estonian diplomat for spying in spat with Tallinn
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia expelled an Estonian diplomat on Wednesday after accusing him of spying and gave him 48 hours to leave the country, dealing a fresh setback to Moscow's already strained relati...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Nigerian lawmakers approve $2.4 billion to fight violence, fund vaccines
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament passed a 983 billion naira ($2.4 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to address rising insecurity in the country and fund COVID-19 vaccin...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
Haiti’s history of violence and turmoil
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean's first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off French rule in the 19th century...
Syndicated Content Jul 07, 2021
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