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U.S. climate envoy Kerry expected to travel to China in September – sources
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry is expected to travel to China next month to continue his efforts to carve out climate change as an area of closer collaboration amid dee...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court requires Biden to revive Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Joe Biden's bid to avoid reinstating an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor Donald Trump that forced thousands...
Aug 24, 2021
Britain considers bringing back beavers after 400 years
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is considering plans to release beavers back into the wild across England some four centuries after the dam-building mammals became extinct in Britain. The pr...
Aug 24, 2021
Arizona group inks agreement with Taiwan aimed at attracting more chip companies
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - An Arizona economic development group on Tuesday said it had made a deal with Taiwanese economic development officials aimed at making the U.S. state more attractive to T...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. House approves voting rights bill, but outlook poor in Senate
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a voting rights measure that Democrats say would help counteract a wave of voting restrictions in Republi...
Aug 24, 2021
Afterpay loss widens as it doubles marketing spend to tap new markets
(Reuters) - Afterpay said on Wednesday its annual marketing costs more than doubled as it expanded into new markets to tap a pandemic-driven boom in demand for buy now, pay later services, widening th...
Aug 24, 2021
Explainer-What happens after Biden’s evacuation force leaves Afghanistan?
By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday stuck by his plan to remove the nearly 6,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of August https://www.reut...
Aug 24, 2021
Chinese tutoring firms adapt to core subject ban with hands-on courses
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tutoring firms are having to learn new ways of making money after a ban on teaching core subjects left them promoting classes such as drama and ...
Aug 24, 2021
Remittance costs key to take-up of Salvadoran bitcoin plan -development bank
By Nelson Renteria and Anthony Esposito SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Central American countries are eagerly waiting to see if El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as parallel legal tender cuts the cost of re...
Aug 24, 2021
Japan seeks to expand state of emergency to 21 prefectures in total
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is looking to expand a state of emergency to eight more prefectures, taking the total to 21 in all, to stem a rapid rise in coronavirus infections, the minister in charge of COV...
Aug 24, 2021
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