Month: December 2019

(Reuters) – With the first Democratic nominating contests less than two months away, former Vice President Joe Biden is already looking beyond to Super Tuesday in March, when some of the biggest electoral prizes will be up for grabs. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
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Protesters demonstrate at Downing Street following the result of the general election in London, Britain, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner LONDON (Reuters) – Several hundred noisy protesters marched through central London on Friday to protest against Britain’s election result, chanting “Boris Johnson: Not My Prime Minister” and “Boris, Boris, Boris: Out, Out, Out”. The protesters,
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FILE PHOTO: Figure Skating – ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – 2019 Internationaux de France – Ladies Free Skating – Patinoire Polesud, Grenoble, France – November 2, 2019 Russia’s Alina Zagitova performs REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot/File Photo (Reuters) – Olympic and world champion Alina Zagitova is taking a break from figure skating this winter, the Russian
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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets and sterling gained on Friday as U.S.-China trade hopes and an election win for Britain’s Brexit-backing Conservative Party cleared two of the clouds on the global investment horizon. The relief undercut safe-haven sovereign bonds and the Japanese yen and led markets to scale back expectations of more interest rates cuts
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Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a counting centre for Britain’s general election in Glasgow, Britain, December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday it was now time for the country to decide its future and that her administration would make the case next week
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(Reuters) – It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union. It worked. Beyond the traditional strategy of swaying voters in
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats delayed an impeachment vote by a U.S. House Committee just before midnight, incensing Republicans and setting up a Friday showdown over President Donald Trump’s future. The committee had been expected to approve two articles of impeachment late on Thursday, setting up a vote by the Democratic-controlled House next week that is
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic clashed with Western European nations on Thursday over the EU’s bold new push for climate neutrality by 2050, demanding funds for their energy transition to lower emissions, and a role for nuclear power. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly near the European Commission headquarters in Brussels,
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