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By Gram Slattery, Brad Haynes and Maria Carolina Marcello WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) -U.S. and Brazilian lawmakers are looking for ways to cooperate on an investigation into violent protests that rampaged through Brasilia this weekend, sharing lessons from inquiries into the attack on the U.S. Capitol, people familiar with the talks said. The initial discussions occurred as …

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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will announce a list of 10 prescription drugs for which it plans to negotiate the prices for Medicare recipients on Sept. 1, and the prices a year later, a top Biden administration official said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden in August signed into law the Inflation …

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By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – Illinois has banned the sale of many common kinds of semiautomatic guns with immediate effect in response to a massacre at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park last year and other mass shootings. The new law, which Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed on Tuesday evening, bans selling many kinds …

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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -A chemical plant in northern Illinois went up in flames on Wednesday morning, sending up plumes of black smoke and prompting officials to advise nearby residents to shelter in place as emergency crews responded to the blaze. The fire broke out at the Carus Chemical Company complex in LaSalle, a city …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will review the side-effects of its monetary easing at next week’s policy meetings and may take additional steps to correct distortions in the yield curve, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday. The BOJ stunned markets last month by widening the band around its 10-year bond yield target, a move …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not received any specific requests from Brazil over the storming of Brazil’s top institutions in Brasilia by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. “We’ve not received any specific requests from Brazilian authorities. Of course, if and …

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By Gram Slattery and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos said he had no plans to heed fellow New York Republicans’ calls to step down, a plea they made on Wednesday due to what they called “lie after lie after lie” about his career and history. Top House of Representatives Republican …

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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico have won their challenge to the U.S. interpretation of content rules for autos under the new North American trade pact, a dispute panel ruled on Wednesday, a decision that favors parts makers north and south of the U.S. border. A year ago Canada and Mexico filed …

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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. U.S. inflation will set off the global market fireworks on Thursday and beyond, but there are a couple of other potential rockets that could spark Asian markets into life before that – Chinese and Indian inflation data. China, …

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