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By Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on firms it said had transported or sold Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products in violation of U.S. restrictions, including two companies based in China. The sanctions are part of a Washington push to curb Iranian oil smuggling and come as efforts to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal have stalled in part due to increasingly strained ties between the […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he will encourage countries to join peace talks to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “I reaffirmed Brazil’s desire to talk with other countries and participate in any initiative related to building peace and dialogue. War cannot interest anyone,” Lula said on Twitter after the video call with Zelenskiy. The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in an ongoing federal court case testing the limits of executive power. The department wrote that although a president enjoys broad legal latitude to communicate to the public on matters of concern, “no part of a President’s […]

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds – to find prey employing a sonar-like system called echolocation and to communicate with other members of their species. The exact mechanism they use had long remained puzzling – until now. It turns out it is all in the nose. Researchers on Thursday offered a comprehensive explanation for sound […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s Serie A soccer league should avoid the temptation of handing over some of its business to outside investors in exchange for a short-term cash injection, the owner of champions AC Milan said on Thursday. Gerry Cardinale, the founder of RedBird Capital, was asked about reports that banks and investment funds were keen to acquire a share of Serie A’s media rights operation. “I’m not a buyer […]

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Consumers suing Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC over its data collection practices have lost their early appeal to pursue money damages as a class action seeking billions of dollars. Plaintiffs sued Google in 2020, claiming that Google continued to collect data from users despite their use of private-browsing in Chrome’s “Incognito” mode. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion in damages. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]

By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -A hidden corridor nine metres (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on Thursday. The discovery within the pyramid, the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, was made under the Scan Pyramids project that since 2015 has been […]

(Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will discuss clean energy and supply chains with President Joe Biden in Washington on March 10, the White House said, as European nations worry that new U.S. subsidies will hurt their economies. Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, a $430 billion bill that offers massive subsidies for U.S.-made products and is aimed at addressing the climate crisis and promoting renewable energy, has prompted European […]

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday approved over $1.7 billion in funds for Jamaica to help it insure against higher inflation, tighter fiscal conditions, possible COVID outbreaks and climate change. The IMF said in a statement its executive board had approved Jamaica’s request for some $968 million under a Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) deal and about $764 million under the newly created Resilience and Sustainability Facility […]