Trump team lobbying for primary rule changes to boost his 2024 chances

By Nathan Layne, Alexandra Ulmer and Gram Slattery (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump is leveraging his connections to loyalists in key primary states to lobby for voting rules and dates that could cement his front-runner status in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, his team and sources in several states told Reuters….

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Embraer lags in orders at Paris Airshow, but longer-term recovery seen

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Investors were left disappointed by weaker-than-expected order numbers for Brazil’s Embraer at the world’s largest airshow last week, though some analysts were heartened by a bid from China and interest in Embraer’s electric aircraft unit. The world’s third-largest aircraft maker after Airbus and Boeing, Embraer bagged 13 fresh orders…

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Exclusive-Russian firm asks Venezuela to match Chevron oil-for-debt deal

By Alexandra Ulmer and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – A Russian oil firm is asking Venezuela’s state-run company PDVSA for permission to take control of exports from their joint ventures to revive cash flow from the five companies, which have been hard-hit by U.S. sanctions, two people involved in the talks said. Roszarubezhneft – a state-owned…

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Bosnian Serb lawmakers vote to suspend rulings of Bosnia’s top court

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic voted on Tuesday to suspend rulings by Bosnia’s constitutional court, a move described by experts as a “legal secession” that is set to deepen political divisions in the volatile Balkan country. The region’s separatist pro-Russian President Milorad Dodik, who has long criticised the…

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Canada launches first-ever climate adaptation strategy

By Nia Williams (Reuters) – Canada launched its first-ever national climate adaptation strategy on Tuesday, aimed at reducing the risk from extreme weather events like floods and wildfires and mitigating slow the impacts of fossil fuel-driven global warming, including melting permafrost. The strategy come as Canada tackles its worst-ever wildfire season, with 7.8 million hectares…

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US’s Sherman, China’s ambassador hold call after Blinken’s Beijing trip

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman held a call with China’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday to follow up on issues discussed during U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing last week, the State Department said. In the call with Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng, Sherman reiterated the importance…

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U.S. debt investors as climate-focused as European peers, survey finds

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. asset managers factor greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risks into their debt investment decisions as much as peers in Europe, according to a survey released on Tuesday, despite the Republican campaign against climate-focused investing in the United States. Nearly a third of North American fixed income managers…

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Thomson Reuters to acquire legal AI firm Casetext for $650 million

(Reuters) -Thomson Reuters said on Monday it had agreed to acquire Casetext, a legal startup with an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for law professionals, in a $650 million all-cash deal. Thomson Reuters’ chief financial officer, Michael Eastwood, had said last month that the company planned to spend about $100 million a year to invest in artificial…

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