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EU to widen carbon market scope in push to meet climate goals
By Kate Abnett and Susanna Twidale BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Shipping will be included in Europe's emissions trading system (ETS) and costs for polluters are set to rise under Brussels' plans to mee...
Jul 14, 2021
Factbox-The threat horizon according to Britain’s MI5 spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign agents we...
Jul 14, 2021
UK spy chief: hostile powers not behind racist attacks on soccer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top domestic spymaster said on Wednesday that there was little evidence that hostile powers such as Russia or China were behind the racist abuse meted out to Black soccer ...
Jul 14, 2021
Column-Faster U.S. inflation erases years of undershot targets: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Rapidly rising consumer prices as the U.S. economy re-opens after the pandemic have erased years of below-target inflation, intensifying questions about when the centra...
Jul 14, 2021
Top U.S. banks smash profit estimates on rebounding economy
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The four largest U.S. consumer banks posted blockbuster second-quarter results this week, after pandemic loan losses failed to materialize and the U.S. economy...
Jul 14, 2021
Markets stick with ‘don’t fight the Fed’ mantra amid rising inflation
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Signs of inflation abound and the world's biggest asset manager is warning higher prices may be here for a while, yet a sizable chunk of the market appears to b...
Jul 14, 2021
Commission proposes $117 billion to remake U.S. train corridor, cut travel times
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government commission on Wednesday proposed a $117 billion plan to remake the Northeast Corridor - the Boston-to-Washington train route that is the na...
Jul 14, 2021
Cycling-Pogacar wins Tour de France stage 17, extends overall lead
SAINT-LARY SOULAN, France (Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar controlled his rivals and extended his overall lead in the Tour de France as the final podium took shape in a gruelling mountain 17th stage won by t...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. State Dept “surging” staffing to cope with backlog of up to 2 million passport applications -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is "surging" staffing levels to address a backlog of as many as 2 million passport applications due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has Americans waiting...
Jul 14, 2021
French police quell protest against COVID health passport rules
PARIS (Reuters) - Dozens of French police used tear gas to disperse a protest against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to require a COVID-19 vaccine certificate or negative PCR test to gain entry to b...
Jul 14, 2021
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