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Alberta wildfires test Premier Smith’s crisis management skills ahead of election
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - An intense start to wildfire season in Canada's main oil province Alberta has put Premier Danielle Smith's disaster management skills - as well as her party's policies - un...
May 10, 2023
Factbox-Debt-for-nature swaps swell in climate finance response
By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least $12 million a year has been freed up to help Ecuador protect the unique ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands with the sealing of the world's largest-ever 'de...
May 10, 2023
Turkish minister says Black Sea grain deal could be extended for two months
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday he thought the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parti...
May 10, 2023
Illinois Senate Democrats push bills to increase health care product access
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Senate Democrats are working on numerous bills to try and increase access to health care and health care products. One of the bills aims to require insurance to cove...
May 10, 2023
Return of Benin Bronzes delayed after Nigerian president’s decree
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) - A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and custodi...
May 10, 2023
US House committee to consider bill on pressuring OPEC oil group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House Judiciary Committee was set to consider a bill on Wednesday to pressure the OPEC oil production group to stop making output cuts that can result in higher fuel prices ...
May 10, 2023
U.S. FDA advisers back OTC use of Perrigo’s birth control pill
(Reuters) -A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday voted in favor of using Perrigo Co's contraceptive without a prescription, paving the way for the country's first approval fo...
May 10, 2023
SEC, Covington dig in their heels as judge weighs US demand for client names
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve its dispute with law firm Covington & Burling over the agency's demand for the...
May 10, 2023
Ukraine war will increasingly pit quantity against quality, NATO official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine will increasingly be a battle between large numbers of poorly trained Russian troops with outdated equipment and a smaller Ukrainian force with better Western w...
May 10, 2023
France opens war crime investigation after AFP journalist died in Ukraine
PARIS (Reuters) - France's anti-terrorism prosecution office on Wednesday announced it had opened an investigation for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity after an AFP video journalist was...
May 10, 2023
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