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Greenpeace accuses Brazil’s JBS of buying cattle illegally raised in indigenous lands

25 Sep 2025

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -JBS, the world’s largest meat company, has indirectly bought cattle raised illegally on indigenous land in Brazil, according to a Greenpeace investigation released on Thursday. The animals allegedly bought by the beef giant were reared originally in the Amazonian Pequizal do Naruvôtu indigenous territory and later were “indirectly supplied …

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US objects to UN’s political declaration on non-communicable diseases, Kennedy says

25 Sep 2025

By Sriparna Roy and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The United States has objected to the United Nations’ political declaration on non-communicable diseases, with U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying on Thursday it ignored the most pressing health issues. “The United States will walk away from the declaration, but we will never walk away from …

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US-Norway spat over wealth fund’s Caterpillar exit is settling, foreign minister says

25 Sep 2025

By John Irish and Gwladys Fouche UNITED NATIONS/OSLO (Reuters) -A spat between the United States and Norway over the Nordic country’s wealth fund’s divestment from U.S. construction equipment-maker Caterpillar appears to be coming to an end, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said. Washington and Oslo have been at odds over the decision by Norway’s …

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US seeks to deport second prominent Haitian businessman

25 Sep 2025

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Prominent Haitian businessman Dimitri Vorbe is facing deportation from the United States after he was arrested by immigration authorities on Tuesday on charges of supporting armed gangs in his Caribbean homeland. Vorbe and his family own a private power company that was once one of the top suppliers of electricity to Haiti’s state …

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Lawmakers seek answers from major US firms over H-1B visa use amid layoffs

25 Sep 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers asked major U.S. companies including Apple, Amazon and JPMorgan on Thursday to explain why they are hiring thousands of foreign workers on H-1B visas while cutting other jobs. The letter comes after the Trump administration announced last week that it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas, …

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Iran’s vice president says it won’t waver from its nuclear programme

25 Sep 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Iranian Vice President Mohammad Eslami said on Thursday that Tehran would continue to pursue its nuclear programme, which he said was open to international scrutiny. “Iran’s path and the Iranian programme are completely transparent, and we will not deviate from it. You know that the most stringent inspections are conducted in Iran,” Eslami, …

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Google asks US Supreme Court to freeze app store injunction in Epic Games case

25 Sep 2025

By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said it has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt key parts of a judge’s order that would force major changes to its app store Play, as it prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games. Google called the judge’s order unprecedented, …

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Slovakia’s Fico seeks ‘common ground’ with US on Russian energy supplies

25 Sep 2025

(Reuters) -Slovakia expects to find “common ground” with the United States after pressure to end Russian energy purchases, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday as he defended receiving supplies from Moscow. The European Union has sought to isolate Russia for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and to phase out purchases of Russian fuel …

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Iran says US desire for nuclear diplomacy is a deception

25 Sep 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday branded the U.S. saying it wanted a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear programme as a “deception”. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday Washington was talking to Iran and that the U.S. had a “desire” to realise a permanent solution to the dispute. …

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