Climate summit approves deal to fund “loss and damage”
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A plenary session of the COP27 climate summit approved a deal on Sunday covering funding arrangements for loss and damage from climate change suffered by…
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A plenary session of the COP27 climate summit approved a deal on Sunday covering funding arrangements for loss and damage from climate change suffered by…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), in October approved eight fixed-asset investment projects worth 9 billion yuan ($1.27 billion), Meng Wei, an NDRC…
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey is among the safest states in America and is the 5th most gun-unfriendly state in the country, but New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today once…
(Reuters) – Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Friday its lung cancer drugs Imfinzi and Imjudo have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when used along with chemotherapy…
By Dominique Patton and Ana Mano BEIJING/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Chinese customs updated its list of approved Brazilian corn exporters on Wednesday, a move a Brazilian agriculture official said could jumpstart…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s market regulator said on Monday it had approved a concurrent and dual listing of Americana Group, the Middle East and North Africa franchisee of fast-food…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government on Friday unveiled a new stimulus package with spending worth 39.0 trillion yen ($265 billion) that it said would boost gross domestic product (GDP) by…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament easily approved the majority Socialist government’s 2023 budget bill on its first reading on Thursday, paving the way for planned further deficit and debt reductions…
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court approved an agreement between Credit Suisse Group and the French financial prosecution office to settle a tax fraud and money laundering case in the…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Tuesday said it would allow Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to temporarily delay resuming flights to Cuba as…
By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google has approved former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social for distribution in the Google Play Store, a company spokesperson said…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The congress of Mexico’s most populous state, State of Mexico, on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to legally recognize same-sex marriage, becoming the 29th of Mexico’s 32 states…
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An auction schedule to sell shares in Citgo Petroleum’s parent company, which could force a breakup of the Venezuela-owned U.S. oil refiner, was approved by a U.S.…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second review for Argentina’s $44 billion extended fund facility program, the lender said on Friday, noting…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the first tranche of requests for payments for staff affected by mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome, deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel…
CAIRO (Reuters) -The World Bank has agreed to provide Egypt with $400 million to develop the logistics and transportation sectors and support the shift towards lower carbon emissions, the group…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday approved a waiver of U.S. shipping rules to address Puerto Rico’s immediate energy and other essential needs in the wake of…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Tuesday it has approved the electric vehicle charging station plans for all 50 states, Washington and Puerto Rico…
(This Sep. 17 story has been refiled to show that market makers were approved for STAR Market in headline) SHANGHAI (Reuters) – (This Sep. 17 story has been refiled to…
-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bluebird bio’s gene therapy for the treatment of a rare neurological disorder, the company said late on Friday. “SKYSONA is the…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved a record budget of 405.6 trillion pesos ($93.3 billion) for next year, including a spending increase meant to fund social programs promised…
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a “Russian World”, a notion that conservative ideologues have used to…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law cementing the country’s membership of the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making it the latest Southeast Asian nation to…
(Reuters) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)approved a flexible credit line of around $18.5 billion for Chile to “augment buffers and provide insurance against adverse scenarios,”…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it approved four additional state plans for the State Small Business Credit Initiative worth $750 million, bringing total approvals under…