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Brazil soy farmers get cash for rendering ‘environmental services’
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian soy farmers are being paid for promoting sustainable agriculture, according to the organizers of a new initiative involving 55 growers in Maranho and Mato G...
Jul 13, 2021
Blinken to stress ASEAN’s central role in ministerial meeting
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will stress the central regional role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in a virtual meeting with t...
Jul 13, 2021
Apple, Goldman Sachs planning ‘buy now, pay later’ service: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is planning to launch a service that will allow users to repay Apple Pay purchases in installments, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Apple will use Goldman Sachs Group Inc, an...
Jul 13, 2021
Goldman outlines $5 billion capital benefit from exiting investments
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group has been freeing up about $5 billion of capital that management can use for share buybacks, dividends and business investments, after selling stakes in c...
Jul 13, 2021
El Salvador restricts large gatherings amid rise in COVID-19 cases
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress on Tuesday suspended all public and private gatherings of large groups of people for a period of 90 days amid a rise in coronavirus infections, suspendi...
Jul 13, 2021
‘Indirect but active’ talks being held with Iran on U.S. detainees -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been engaging in "indirect but active" discussions to secure the release of U.S. detainees in Iran, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Tuesday, a...
Jul 13, 2021
Exclusive: EU regulators set to investigate Illumina, Grail deal – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into Illumina Inc's proposed purchase of cancer test maker Grail Inc if it does not offer hefty concessions this...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. says will continue to hold Hong Kong authorities accountable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday the United States would continue to hold Hong Kong authorities accountable for the erosion of rule of law in the territory. State Depar...
Jul 13, 2021
Cyprus records COVID-19 daily high as Delta variant surges
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus on Tuesday reported a record-high number of new COVID-19 infections, health ministry data showed, with the number of positive cases surging past 1,000. Tuesday's figure of 1...
Jul 13, 2021
Four killed and one presumed death in Canada crane collapse -police
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A crane that collapsed in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Monday killed four people and left another missing presumed dead, Canadian police said on Tuesday. The ...
Jul 13, 2021
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