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Peru central bank: Early info shows protests affecting growth, inflation

By Isabel Woodford and Marion Giraldo (Reuters) -Peru’s economy and inflation have likely been hit by the ongoing social upheaval that has rocked the Andean nation since December, early indications suggest, the head of the central bank’s economic studies unit, Adrian Armas, said on Friday. Protests over the removal and arrest of former President Pedro …

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DeSantis seeks wins on guns, abortion before facing Trump in 2024

By James Oliphant TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) -When a newly elected Florida legislator endorsed a bill allowing residents to carry a concealed firearm without a permit, he was both demonstrating his fealty to Ron DeSantis and helping to burnish the governor’s conservative credentials for a possible White House run in 2024. State Senator Jay Collins’ support …

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Former VP Pence, ex-Trump official subpoenaed in special counsel probes – reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien have been subpoenaed by the special counsel leading probes into classified documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and efforts to overturn the 2020 election result, according to media reports on Thursday. Pence was issued a subpoena by …

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U.S. Treasury to crack down on Russian sanctions evasion – Adeyemo

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department will focus in coming months on cracking down on facilitators and third-country providers helping Russia evade Western sanctions, Treasury said on Friday. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told a meeting of academics and other experts on sanctions and U.S. foreign policy that Treasury will increase …

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U.S. consumer sentiment in improves in February

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment improved further in February, but households expected higher inflation to persist over the next 12 months, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan’s preliminary February reading on the overall index of consumer sentiment came in at 66.4, up from 64.9 in the prior month. Economists polled by …

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U.S. EPA announces $1 billion for new Superfund cleanups

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced 22 new sites that will benefit from $1 billion in funding from a program designed to remediate hazardous waste sites, such as landfills, mines and manufacturing facilities. The EPA also said it will use the funds to expedite the clean up …

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Ford cuts Rivian stake to about 1% amid production woes at EV maker

(Reuters) -Ford Motor Co has cut its stake in struggling EV maker Rivian Automotive Inc to 1.15%, a week after the Detroit automaker reported a fall in profit and predicted a tough year ahead. Shares of Rivian, which declined to comment on the matter, were down 3.6% in early trade. Ford, which wrote down the …

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Iran arrests those behind attack on military site, blames Israeli “mercenaries”, state media says

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s security forces have arrested the “main perpetrators” of a drone attack this month on a military site in the central city of Isfahan, in which Israeli “mercenaries” were involved, state media reported on Friday. “The main perpetrators of the unsuccessful attempt to sabotage a Defence Ministry industrial centre in Isfahan on …

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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon falls in first month under Lula

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Preliminary satellite data collected by the government’s space research agency Inpe showed 167 square km (64 square miles) cleared in the region …

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Canada’s job surge in January signals possible need for rate hike

By Steve Scherer and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian economy smashed expectations by adding a net 150,000 jobs in January, data showed on Friday, putting pressure on the Bank of Canada to reconsider its “conditional pause” to interest rate hikes. The jobless rate held steady at 5%, Statistics Canada (Statscan) said. Analysts surveyed by …

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