MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Banca Mifel is still in the bidding process for Citigroup’s Mexican retail bank Citibanamex, Mifel’s head Daniel Becker told Reuters on Wednesday. Speaking at an …
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TC Energy restarts segment of Keystone pipeline unaffected by oil spill
by Reutersby ReutersBy Nia Williams and Rod Nickel (Reuters) -Canada’s TC Energy Corp is resuming operations in a section of its Keystone pipeline a week after a leak of more than 14,000 …
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Australia takes aim at Apple, Microsoft over child protection online
by Reutersby ReutersBy Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp not …
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Peru declares state of emergency, seeks 18-months jail for Castillo
by Reutersby ReutersBy Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru announced a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, granting police special powers and limiting freedoms including the right to assembly, after a week of …
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Ex-Twitter worker gets 3-1/2-year U.S. prison term for spying for Saudi Arabia
by Reutersby ReutersBy Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -A former Twitter Inc manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by sharing user data several years ago and potentially exposing users to persecution …
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(Reuters) -Twitter Inc suspended an account tracking its owner Elon Musk’s private jet in real-time, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account’s operator after saying his son had …
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U.S. Senate passes bill to bar federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate late on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill to bar federal employees from using Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok on government-owned …
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FTX bankruptcy lawyers say they ‘do not trust’ Bahamas government
by Reutersby ReutersBy Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Lawyers for the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Wednesday opposed a demand for internal records from an insolvent affiliate based in the Bahamas, saying they “do …
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Afghan Taliban administration, Myanmar junta not allowed into United Nations for now
by Reutersby ReutersBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A decision on whether the Afghan Taliban administration and the Myanmar junta can send a United Nations ambassador to New York has been …
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By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla shares extended declines to hit their lowest level in more than two years on Wednesday, as investors including a “fanboy” of CEO …
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Exclusive-Sri Lanka expects up to $8 billion more in loans, asset restructuring
by Reutersby ReutersBy Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is expecting as much as $5 billion in loans next year from multilateral agencies besides an IMF deal, while the government is …
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Migrants tell of mass kidnappings in Mexico before crossing into the U.S.
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jackie Botts and Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Many of the hundreds of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez into …
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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden marked the 10 years since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Wednesday by saying …
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By Joe Bavier, Abdi Sheikh, Aditi Bhandari and Michael Ovaska MOGADISHU (Reuters) – In October, Nadifa Abdi Isak brought her malnourished daughters to hospital in Mogadishu. That day, a nurse …
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LGBT nightclub massacre survivors tell U.S. Congress: ‘We are being slaughtered’
by Reutersby ReutersBy Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Survivors of mass shootings targeting U.S. LGBT nightclubs detailed the violence they endured and criticized inflammatory political rhetoric in a congressional hearing on Wednesday. …
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CARACAS (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak met on Wednesday with Venezuela’s oil minister in Caracas, where they discussed oil market volatility and the status of Venezuela’s outstanding …
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IMF completes review of Benin loan program, disburses $144 million
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said it had completed the first review under a 42-month financing program for Benin, giving the country …
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New Zealand economy grows strongly in Q3, but recession clouds ahead
by Reutersby ReutersBy Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s economy saw surprisingly strong growth in the third quarter, fuelling expectations the central bank will continue its aggressive rate hiking cycle as it …
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Puerto Rican independence bill goes to U.S. House vote on Thursday
by Reutersby ReutersBy Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Ricans could move a step closer to a referendum on whether the island should become a U.S. state, an independent country or have …
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U.S. welcomes EU draft decision on data privacy -Commerce Secretary
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States welcomed the European Union’s draft decision on data privacy as a critical next step, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday, as the …
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By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to propose some of the biggest changes to American equity market structure in nearly two …
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Bankman-Fried charges showcase U.S. prosecutor’s growing role in crypto enforcement
by Reutersby ReutersBy Luc Cohen and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – When he took office as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan in late 2021, Damian Williams pledged to prioritize “rooting …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower in volatile trading on Wednesday following a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve that raised interest rates by an …
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica has told the United States it is interested in joining the North American trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada, President Rodrigo …
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Fed’s Powell says inflation battle not won, more rate hikes coming
by Reutersby ReutersBy Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve will deliver more interest rate hikes next year even as the economy slips towards a possible …