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Russian oil products trapped at sea by US sanctions, LSEG data shows

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nearly 500,000 metric tons of Russian oil products are trapped on tankers hit by U.S. sanctions, LSEG data showed on Wednesday. On Jan. 10, new Russia-related sanctions targeted more than 180 vessels and insurance companies, adding to the impact of similar restrictions imposed by United Kingdom and Europe Union. The vessels under …

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Exclusive-Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was ‘never a promise’

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Stefanie Eschenbacher, Luciana Magalhaes and Simon Jessop SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. …

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Japan’s ispace, US’s Firefly launch commercial moon landers

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan’s ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX’s unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to examine the lunar surface. Japanese moon exploration company ispace launched its Hakuto-R Mission 2, …

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Biden looks to relax Cuba sanctions in final days before Trump

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Dave Sherwood WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails, dual announcements poised to reshape U.S.-Cuba relations just days before Donald Trump takes office. President Joe Biden’s announcements effectively …

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Iran never plotted to kill Donald Trump, Iranian president says

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran never plotted to kill Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an NBC News interview on Tuesday, denying past claims from Trump and the U.S. government. In November, the U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by …

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Trump says he will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Ryan Patrick Jones and David Lawder (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new government agency called the External Revenue Service “to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue” from foreign sources as he readies new import tariffs ahead of his inauguration next week. Trump said in a social …

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Republican-led US House advances limits for transgender student athletes

14 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill supported by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to essentially ban transgender girls and women from competing in school sports by withholding federal funds from schools that do not comply. The bill, called the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports …

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Biden, Sisi to coordinate closely in ‘coming hours’ on Gaza ceasefire effort

14 Jan 2025 14 Jan 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza on Tuesday and agreed to remain in close coordination in the coming hours, the White House said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Negotiators were trying on Tuesday to clinch agreement …

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Cuba to release 553 prisoners following talks with Vatican

14 Jan 2025 14 Jan 2025

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Tuesday his government would “gradually” release 553 prisoners following talks with the Vatican, a decision announced just hours after the Biden administration said it would loosen a host of sanctions on the island. Cuba praised Biden`s decision to ease restrictions as “correct” but said the actions …

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Trudeau, facing disagreements over US tariff response, to convene cabinet

14 Jan 2025 14 Jan 2025

By David Ljunggren and Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing disagreements over how Canada should respond to threatened U.S. tariffs, will hold a cabinet retreat next week focused on defending Canadian interests, his office said on Tuesday. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada, …

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