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Iceland evacuates town over concerns of volcanic eruption
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelandic authorities have completed the evacuation of 3,000 residents of a town in the southwestern part of the country over concerns of a volcanic eruption after a series of e...
Nov 11, 2023
Mexico’s Acapulco hit by garbage pile-up after deadly hurricane
By Troy Merida ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Residents of Acapulco stunned by a devastating hurricane are now battling with another blight trailing in the storm's wake: garbage piling up in streets, fa...
Nov 11, 2023
In very rare move, Pope dismisses conservative US bishop Strickland
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Catholic conservatives, a Vatican statement sa...
Nov 11, 2023
US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody’s warns
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are due to unveil a stopgap measure on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown, the latest in a series of stan...
Nov 11, 2023
How campaigners’ slayings hurt environmental protection in Colombia
By Oliver Griffin PUERTO GUZMAN, Colombia (Reuters) - Darkness had descended on Colombia's southern Putumayo province one February night last year when gunfire roared through the air, shattering the p...
Nov 11, 2023
Moody’s analyst sees polarization around US budget issues persisting next year
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top analyst at Moody's said political polarization in the United States will likely complicate budget-making decisions ahead of the 2024 presidential election, which could delay...
Nov 10, 2023
Biden officials reject Moody’s shift to ‘negative’ outlook, point to Republican ‘dysfunction’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Biden administration officials on Friday rejected a decision by Moody's ratings agency to downgrade its U.S. economic outlook to negative from stable, calling the shift a re...
Nov 10, 2023
Brazilian cotton hits the runway at Sao Paulo Fashion Week
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cotton producers took the natural fiber to the runway on Thursday night, strutting the catwalk of Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) in celebration of the 150th anniversary ...
Nov 10, 2023
Moody’s changes outlook on US credit rating to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’
(Reuters) -Moody's on Friday changed its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to "negative" from "stable" citing large fiscal deficits and a decline in debt affordability. The move follows a rating downg...
Nov 10, 2023
FBI agents seized New York mayor’s electronic devices, NY Times reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) -FBI agents seized electronic devices from New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this week, days after a raid on the home of his chief campaign fundraiser, the New York Times repor...
Nov 10, 2023
