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Trade curbs related to pandemic are falling: WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) - G20 countries have repealed nearly half of the trade restrictions they introduced in response to the pandemic, a World Trade Organization report said on Monday. "While the report's ...
Jun 28, 2021
Iraq ‘studies legal options’ over U.S. strike on Iran-aligned fighters – statement
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government condemned a U.S. air raid against Iran-aligned fighters along its border with Syria on Monday and said it would "study all legal options" to prevent such actio...
Jun 28, 2021
U.S. envoy Kerry says world needs a ‘wartime mentality’ over climate
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Monday the world needed to adopt a "wartime mentality" to face the challenge posed by climate change, urging development banks to scale up thei...
Jun 28, 2021
Italy says its relations with U.S. far more important than with China
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday that Rome's relations with the United States are much more important than its ties with China. The United States has expressed co...
Jun 28, 2021
Spain’s PM Sanchez says economic output rose 18% in second quarter
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish economic output rose a record 18% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same period in the previous year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday. "We have a b...
Jun 28, 2021
Declawed TikTok lion rescued from Phnom Penh home
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Authorities raided a house in a wealthy district of Phnom Penh to rescue an 18-month-old lion that had been defanged, declawed and illegally kept as a pet. They said they had tr...
Jun 28, 2021
France’s highest appeals court rules glue-trapping of songbirds is illegal
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest administrative appeals court ruled on Monday that the glue-trapping of songbirds is illegal. France suspended the glue-trapping of songbirds last year, but had stopp...
Jun 28, 2021
McConnell urges Biden to pressure Democrats over infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called on President Joe Biden to get the two top Democrats in Congress to abandon a plan to link a new $1.2 trillion bipart...
Jun 28, 2021
Lebanon central bank starts giving credit for fuel imports at weaker rate
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank said on Monday it would open credit lines to import fuel at 3,900 Lebanese pounds to the dollar, a weaker rate than previously offered that effectively raises...
Jun 28, 2021
Italy says worried about Islamic State in Africa, proposes working group
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday the world should not lower its guard against Islamic State militants, which remained a particular concern in Africa. Speaking at ...
Jun 28, 2021
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