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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said he would not take orders over tariffs from a foreigner, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump, and later called the United States’ threatened duty “unacceptable blackmail.” The comments, made during two separate events, mark a continuation of a spat between the two …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is nominating former Delta Air Lines pilot Jeffrey Anderson to serve as U.S. ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization, the White House said on Thursday, in a move opposed by a major airline pilots’ union. The nomination comes as some U.S. senators want the Trump administration …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials’ early assessment of evidence. Below are a few facts about engine fuel …

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(Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials’ early assessment of evidence. Here is the sequence of events – by the seconds …

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(Reuters) -A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials’ early assessment of evidence. Following is a timeline of key events in the investigation …

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By Chris Prentice (Reuters) -The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday began staff firings that are expected to affect over two dozen people, according to an agency source, after the Supreme Court last week cleared the way for mass government firings. Employees from the CFTC’s enforcement, market oversight, administration and data divisions are expected …

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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Idaho, which has a near-total ban on abortion, agreed not to prosecute or take away licenses of doctors who refer patients out of state to obtain the procedure, under a consent decree approved by a federal judge on Thursday. The decree prevents Idaho’s Republican Attorney General Raul Labrador and county prosecutors …

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(Corrects July 16 story in paragraph 13 to show the contracts are based on acquisition cost, not the wholesale price) By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -More than half of large U.S. employers plan to scale back healthcare benefits next year as rising costs from weight-loss and specialty drugs squeeze budgets, according to a new …

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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bahrain’s crown prince announced on Wednesday plans to invest more than $17 billion in the United States at a meeting with President Donald Trump focused on trade, Iran and regional security issues. Under the plan, Bahrain signed a deal that a White House official said was valued …

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