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Gabon sees Africa’s first ‘debt-for-nature’ swap over the line
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Gabon moved forward with Africa's first debt-for-nature swap on Tuesday in a deal that saw the country buy back a nominal $500 million of its international debt and price an eq...
Aug 08, 2023
Arizona abortion rights groups launch bid to put issue on 2024 ballot
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates in Arizona on Tuesday launched a campaign to add abortion protections to the state constitution in next year's election, in a bid to invalidate the s...
Aug 08, 2023
Republican Ron DeSantis ousts campaign manager amid slump in polls
By Gram Slattery, Alexandra Ulmer and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has replaced his campaign manager, an aide said on Tuesday, as the Florida gove...
Aug 08, 2023
US household debt largely unchanged in Q2, credit card balances jump, NY Fed says
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Americans borrowed more than ever on their credit cards in the last quarter, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said on Tuesday, with balances surpassing $1 trillion for the f...
Aug 08, 2023
Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. Pence...
Aug 08, 2023
U.S. farmers expect corn harvest could be second-biggest ever
By Mark Weinraub CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. corn harvest could be the second-largest on record as rains during July shepherded the crop through its critical development phase, offsetting dry conditi...
Aug 08, 2023
Exclusive-Paraguay President-elect: EU’s environmental demands in trade talks ‘unacceptable’
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - South America's Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union should shelve talks over a free trade agreement, with current environmental demands from the EU "una...
Aug 08, 2023
Los Angeles city workers staging 24-hour strike
(Reuters) - Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers planned a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest what their union calls bad-faith bargaining by government officials over a new contract, in the la...
Aug 08, 2023
Graffiti artists tag Milan’s famed Galleria arcade
MILAN (Reuters) - Graffiti artists have scaled and tagged the soaring stone entrance to Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the prestigious shopping arcade at the heart of the city. Video posted on...
Aug 08, 2023
July was world’s hottest on record, EU scientists say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last month was the hottest July on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union's Copernicus climate change panel said on Tuesday. S...
Aug 08, 2023
