By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday criticised the British government’s energy policy with a demand the country “open up” the ageing North Sea oil and gas basin and get rid of wind farms. The North Sea is one of the world’s oldest offshore oil and gas basins where production has …
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(This Dec. 23 story has been corrected to fix the spelling of ‘Jonah Crane’ in paragraphs 15 and 18) By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – The cryptocurrency industry is pushing President-elect Donald Trump’s team to kick start his promised crypto policy overhaul when he takes office next month with executive orders that would help push tokens …
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By Nathan Layne WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump said he would attend next week’s state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, and predicted that only House Speaker Mike Johnson could win the vote for the House’s top job. As Trump entered …
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -Memorial services for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter are expected to take place over six days in Georgia and Washington, D.C., after he died on Sunday at the age of 100. Here is what we know about funeral plans. WHEN IS THE FUNERAL? Carter’s state funeral, a national tribute traditionally reserved …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Canada’s new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met aides to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on Friday to discuss the risks of imposing new trade tariffs, the Canadian government said. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports from Canada when he takes office …
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By Maggie Fick and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to a health law expert familiar with the discussions. “I have it on good authority …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to step down on Dec. 31 after overseeing widespread efforts by the administration of President Joe Biden to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants. EPA Administrator Michael Regan told employees of his plans in an email on Friday, saying the …
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By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, sticking to their belief that government spending needs to be pruned and defying his warnings of revenge. Some 38 House of Representatives Republicans voted against …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration will provide U.S. lawmakers an assessment by Jan. 17 on the credibility of assurances by the United Arab Emirates that it is not providing – and will not provide – weapons to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to a letter seen …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he would “of course” attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration next month, personally confirming his presence and rejecting what he called the Republican’s “childish game.” “Of course I am,” Biden said in an interview broadcast on Thursday on the Meidas Touch network, when asked if he was planning …
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