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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to rule later this month against attempts by the country’s powerful farm lobby to limit land claims by Indigenous peoples to areas they occupied before 1988. Lawyers and Indigenous rights advocates believe a majority of the 11-member court will vote to reject the date restriction on the grounds it is unconstitutional. The vote count is currently 4-2 against the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in a sign of a still-resilient labor market despite the high interest rates the Federal Reserve has imposed. The job growth marked an increase from July’s revised gain of 157,000 but still pointed to a moderating pace of hiring compared with earlier this year. The unemployment rate rose from 3.5% to 3.8%, the highest level since February […]

(Reuters) -Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer has stepped down, the U.S. pharmacy chain operator said on Friday, less than three years after the former Starbucks executive took the top job. Brewer’s departure was part of a mutually agreed decision, Walgreens said, without providing further details, after a tenure that saw the company’s share price nearly cut in half as it tried to broaden its reach as a healthcare provider. […]

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said Russia planned to allocate 1.9 trillion roubles ($20 billion) from the federal budget over the next two-and-a-half years to the development of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow last year declared to be part of its territory. Moscow does not control any of the regions in its entirety and the unilateral annexation has been recognised by only a handful of countries allied to Russia, […]

BANGUI (Reuters) – A military plane that took a Russian delegation to Burkina Faso on Thursday landed in Central African Republic (CAR) on Friday, according to flight tracking data and a Reuters reporter. Mercenaries from Russian private military contractor Wagner Group have operated in CAR since 2018, helping President Faustin Archange Touadera fight rebels and extending Russian influence in the mineral-rich nation. Wagner also owns some concessions there, including a […]

Turkish Winemakers Raise Their Glasses to Ancient Anatolian Traditions  The indigenous Kalecik Karasi grape, cultivated in the Anatolia region for four millennia, has gained a fresh look and is winning awards, thanks to a new generation of Turkish boutique wineries, often led by women By Jacob Wirtschafter/The Media Line Winemakers from Turkey’s Anatolia region came together in Ankara, the Turkish capital, in August to toast their product’s increased awareness and sales. […]

(Corrects Brazil to Spain in second paragraph) (Reuters) -Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate and Thiago will miss this weekend’s Premier League game at home to Aston Villa due to injuries, manager Juergen Klopp said, while giving little away on the club’s possible transfer activity on Friday’s deadline day. France centre back Konate is battling a muscle issue and missed last weekend’s comeback win over Newcastle United, while Spain midfielder Thiago underwent hip […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has allowed drugmaker Amgen Inc to move ahead with its $27.8 billion deal to buy Horizon Therapeutics, CNBC reported on Friday. The FTC filed a lawsuit on May 16 aimed at stopping the transaction, but suspended its challenge in late August. The suspension enabled the FTC to consider whether the agency should settle the case. The Thousand Oaks, California-based company announced plans to […]

(Reuters) – Brighton & Hove Albion have signed forward Ansu Fati on a season-long loan from Barcelona, the Premier League club announced on Friday. LaLiga side Barcelona added that the agreement does not include an option to make the transfer permanent. Fati, a product of Barcelona’s academy, enjoyed a breakout campaign for the Spanish heavyweights in the 2019-20 season, scoring eight goals in 33 appearances in all competitions. Though his […]