Exclusive-U.S. climate envoy Kerry says China has invited him for talks
By Alexander Ratz, Sarah Marsh and Valerie Volcovici BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday China…
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New York State bans natural gas in some new construction
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – New York has become the first U.S. state to pass legislation banning the use of…
US Senate Democrats launch renewed effort to counter China
By Patricia Zengerle and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats launched a renewed effort to stave off competition…
US Senate’s Schumer ‘hopeful’ Feinstein can return next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said he was “hopeful” that fellow Democrat Dianne Feinstein, the…
Analysis-Why Republican presidential hopefuls are keeping out of US debt-ceiling squabble
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is the one topic that everyone on Capitol Hill is…
Leonardo posts lower Q1 profits and earnings, but orders rise
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s state-controlled defence and aerospace group Leonardo on Wednesday posted lower first-quarter profits and earnings, but reported…
Factbox-U.S. state abortion legislation to watch in 2023
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – State legislatures are wrestling with how much to restrict or expand abortion…
Russian economy shrank estimated 2.2% y/y in Q1 – economy ministry
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy contracted by 2.2% in the first quarter of 2023 in annual terms, the economy ministry estimated…
US Homeland Security secretary to visit border ahead of Title 42 lifting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to the Texas border with Mexico this week ahead…
33 Democrats urge ban on investor-state dispute provisions in all U.S. trade deals
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to…