By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru is bullish about holding on as the world’s No. 2 copper producer with key projects set to move forward, its mining minister said on Thursday amid a stern challenge from fast growing rival Democratic Republic of Congo. The Andean country has seen its position come under threat by the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has closed its investigation into former Vice President Mike Pence without filing any charges related to classified documents found in his Indiana home, a department official said on Friday. The department notified Pence through a letter, the official added. Representatives for Pence, who served under former Republican …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies on Friday as it met to deepen ties and position itself as a counterweight to the West. BRICS, which now …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials may still be fighting an inflation war, but they’ve opened the door to the possibility the U.S. central bank’s benchmark overnight interest rate won’t rise from the current 5.00%-5.25% range at the upcoming June 13-14 policy meeting. Here’s a guide to the data informing the debate …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tourists in Indonesia are discovering the benefits of mangroves as the archipelago pushes to replant or conserve carbon-rich coastal areas that have been decimated by human activity. Connie Sihombing, a 50-year-old resident of Jakarta, does not mind that she can hear traffic or planes flying above as she paddles her kayak through …
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By Aleksandra Michalska and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) -The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will …
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By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Parts of Japan were slammed by torrential rain on Friday as Tropical Storm Mawar neared, with authorities advising more than a million people to evacuate, many flights and other transport cancelled and power outages in thousands of homes. One person was seriously injured and seven people had minor injuries in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Oversight Committee’s Chairman James Comer opened a probe Thursday into U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s management of the agency, citing complaints of abuse of power. Khan has angered companies and trade groups like the Chamber of Commerce by pushing the FTC, which enforces antitrust law and laws against deceptive …
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(This June 1 story has been refiled to fix a tech glitch, with no changes to the text) By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt another setback to organized labor by making it easier for employers to sue over strikes that cause property destruction in a ruling siding with …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday, but got up quickly and walked back to his seat. The 80-year-old U.S. president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee …
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