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Australia faces climate pressure with EU carbon tariff threat – study
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's conservative government should give up its outright rejection of carbon tarrifs and instead work to make them fairer and more effective, a think tank s...
Jun 10, 2021
Time for Norway to tax luxury electric cars, IMF economists say
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway should begin taxing high-end battery-powered cars to lower the overall cost of its generous electric vehicle (EV) incentives, economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF...
Jun 10, 2021
Soccer-Another Copa, another chance for Argentina to end drought
By Andrew Downie (Reuters) - This year's Copa America gives Argentina another chance to break a 28-year trophy drought, which has been made even harder by a venue switch from home turf to that of arch...
Jun 10, 2021
Ex-BA boss Walsh pours cold water on United Airlines supersonic jet plan
LONDON (Reuters) - Supersonic jets do not have a place in the future, Willie Walsh, the former boss of British Airways, said, adding that he would not buy them if he still ran an airline as he dismiss...
Jun 10, 2021
Soccer-Brazil seek to forget troubles, focus on a Copa America like no other
By Andrew Downie (Reuters) - A Brazil team playing in the Copa America at home on the back of a seven-game winning streak would normally be hot favourites to triumph but this is no ordinary year and n...
Jun 10, 2021
CDC: heart inflammation cases in ages 16-24 higher than expected after mRNA COVID-19 shots
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Preliminary findings from two vaccine safety monitoring systems suggest a higher-than-expected number of cases of heart inflammation after the second dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine...
Jun 10, 2021
Senate Republican leader McConnell open to new infrastructure plan -Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has told fellow Republicans he is open to a new bipartisan infrastructure plan, Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Thursday. McC...
Jun 10, 2021
Amazon may see $425 million EU privacy fine – WSJ
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc could be fined more than $425 million under the European Union's privacy law, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-faces-possible-425-million-...
Jun 10, 2021
Soccer-Chaotic organisation makes this year’s Copa America unique
By Andrew Downie (Reuters) - Sports events have been cancelled or disrupted by a myriad of complications over the years, including war, plague, economic uncertainty and political boycotts, but the ser...
Jun 10, 2021
Exception to the rule? G7 deal on tax triggers carve-out talk
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - With the foundations for a global tax deal finally laid down by the G7, officials are limbering up for a clash over exemptions and other carve-outs for specific indus...
Jun 10, 2021
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