By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -A liberal and a conservative won Tuesday’s nominating contest for a pivotal seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, setting up a one-on-one clash in April with major consequences for abortion rights, control of the state government and possibly the 2024 presidential election. Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal Milwaukee judge who has spoken favorably …
By Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vivek Ramaswamy, the activist investor who launched a firm last year to pressure companies to abandon environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, said on Tuesday he would run for President of the United States. Ramaswamy, 37, will step down as executive chairman of Strive Asset Management, which …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points to a more than 14-year high of 4.75% on Wednesday, and said it expects to keep tightening further as inflation remains too high, a hawkish signal that sent the local dollar surging. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand …
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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin revoked on Tuesday a 2012 decree that in part underpinned Moldova’s sovereignty in resolving the future of the Transdniestria region – a Moscow-backed separatist region which borders Ukraine and where Russia keeps troops. The decree, which included a Moldova component, outlined Russia’s foreign policy 11 years …
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By Byron Kaye and Sameer Manekar SYDNEY (Reuters) -Top Australian grocer Woolworths Group Ltd said an inflation-driven shift away from dining out was helping to lift sales, sending its shares higher after its half-year profit beat forecasts despite cost pressures. Woolworths and smaller rival Coles Group Ltd have experienced wild swings in Australian consumer behaviour …
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LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s attorney general’s office said on Tuesday on Twitter that the U.S. State Department had agreed to extradite former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on corruption charges. Toledo, 76, was arrested in the United States in 2019 after Peru formally requested his extradition. Peruvian authorities allege that Toledo, who governed the Andean country between …
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By Jessica DiNapoli BOCA RATON, Fla (Reuters) – McCormick & Company Inc is looking to hike prices on its spices and hot sauces at retailers like Walmart Inc and Kroger Co but is getting “pushback” on the increases, CEO Lawrence Kurzius said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday. Kurzius, speaking on the sidelines of …
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By Valerie Volcovici and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. government’s environmental agency said on Tuesday that rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp must “pay for cleaning up the mess” created when a freight train derailment in Ohio released toxic chemicals into the environment. The comments by the head of the Environmental Protection …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Seattle became the first U.S. city to outlaw caste discrimination on Tuesday, after its local council voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws. The move addresses an issue important to the area’s South Asian diaspora, particularly the Indian and Hindu communities. India’s caste system is among the world’s …
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