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Spain plans ‘additions’ to controversial power bill claw-back law
By Emma Pinedo and Isla Binnie MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to introduce "additional measures" to a controversial bill that claws back profits from power companies in a bid to protect consumers from...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. calls for examination into cause of jailed former Venezuelan minister’s death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday called for an independent examination to determine the true cause of death of Former Venezuelan Defense Minister and retired general Raul B...
Oct 14, 2021
EU, South Africa hold “intense talks” to break vaccine patent impasse
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and South Africa are in "intense talks" on how to increase the availability of vaccines to developing countries, potentially breaking a year-long global deadloc...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan 6 Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives select committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said on Thursday it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on ad...
Oct 14, 2021
Deutsche Bank names new co-head for international private bank in New York
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank on Thursday named Wells Fargo Private Bank executive Amrit Walia as the co-head of New York within its international private bank (IPB) unit in the Americas. Walia's appointm...
Oct 14, 2021
U.N. chief delayed ASEAN talks to avoid Myanmar junta envoy
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanm...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin promises to block mining royalty plan
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has promised to block a proposed royalty for minerals extracted on federal land from advancing in the U.S. Senate's version of the hotly debated...
Oct 14, 2021
Nelson Mandela’s famous shirts, belongings up for auction
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of late South African President Nelson Mandela is selling the anti-apartheid leader's personal belongings to help pay for a memorial garden being built...
Oct 14, 2021
Japanese billionaire Maezawa trains in Russia ahead of space trip
MOSCOW (Reuters) - For Japanese fashion magnate Yusaku Maezawa, training in zero gravity ahead of his planned trip to space later this year was not always easy. "I've been alive for 45 years and have ...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. made clear its opposition to settlements, Israeli official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States during talks this week made clear its opposition to Israel's building of Jewish settlements on occupied land that the Palestinians want for a future state, a s...
Oct 14, 2021
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