By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest fund helping developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change, said on Friday it had approved $686.8 million in financing at a board meeting this week. The Seoul-based group said the investment would help draw in other financing partners and …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Thursday that Ukraine was ready to work quickly to produce a strong agreement on investments and security with the United States, saying a meeting with U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg “restores hope” for success. “General Kellogg, a meeting which restores hope. We need strong agreements that will really work. …
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By Victoria Waldersee LANDSHUT, Germany (Reuters) – BMW does not see the need to negotiate a special deal with the United States to avoid import tariffs, its chief purchasing officer said, pointing to the carmaker’s sizeable presence in the country and good relations with U.S. government officials. BMW’s plant in South Carolina is its biggest …
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By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s High Court has found former soccer federation head Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and fined him over 10,000 euros ($10,434) in a case which caused a nationwide furore. It acquitted him of a charge of coercion, the court said on …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An Argentine court has cleared three of the five people accused of their alleged involvement in singer Liam Payne’s death, local media reported on Thursday. The court dismissed charges against businessman Rogelio Nores, a friend of Payne’s who reportedly acted as his manager, and two employees of the hotel where Payne died, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered by a temporary program so that they will expire in August, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said. The decision reverses a Biden administration move last year to extend the protections …
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By Manuela Andreoni and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors presented a streamlined version of charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro this week over a plot to overturn his 2022 electoral loss, which could boost the chances of a final ruling before next year’s elections. Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet divided the 34 alleged …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it was imposing sanctions on a Rwandan government minister and a senior member of an armed group for their alleged role in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Rwanda-backed M23 militant group has overrun eastern Congo’s two major …
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Several Venezuelans and three immigrant rights groups have sued President Donald Trump’s administration over its decision to end temporary protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants living in the United States. The first of two U.S. federal lawsuits was filed in San Francisco on Wednesday by the National …
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(Corrects headline to say February 26, not January 26) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S President Donald Trump will host his first cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday, February 26, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. (This story has been corrected to say February 26, not January 26, in the headline) (Reporting …
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