U.S. identifies Gulf of Maine area for offshore wind development

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it had finalized an area of nearly 10 million acres in the Gulf of Maine for potential offshore wind development, a major step toward expanding the industry into northern New England. The announcement was the latest milestone in the government’s plan to put…

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NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, but said in Ottawa that he expected Russians and Americans to work together on the International Space Station (ISS) until it is decommissioned. American-Russian space cooperation was put in doubt after the invasion of Ukraine…

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British American Tobacco Plc to pay more than $635 million in North Korea sanctions case

By Sarah N. Lynch and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British American Tobacco Plc has agreed to pay more than $635 million to U.S. authorities after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate U.S. sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea and commit bank fraud, a U.S. court filing and the…

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Biden should sanction Huawei Cloud, other Chinese firms -senators

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of nine Republican senators on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to impose sanctions on Huawei Cloud and other Chinese cloud service providers, citing national security concerns, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The previously unreported letter led by Senator Bill Hagerty to the Commerce, State and…

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US default on debt would trigger an ‘economic catastrophe’ – Yellen

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that failure by Congress to raise the government’s debt ceiling – and the resulting default – would trigger an “economic catastrophe” that would send interest rates higher for years to come. Yellen, in remarks prepared for a Washington event with business…

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Mexico’s treatment of migrants raises concern ahead of U.S. policy shift

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An impending change in U.S. border policy could put increased pressure on Mexico’s migrant detention system and lead to more reports of rights violations, migrant advocates have warned, in the wake of a fire that killed 40 people. On May 11 the U.S. is slated to lift…

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Main events in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Here is a timeline of former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of rape and defamation, which goes to trial on Tuesday. June 2019 – Carroll publishes an excerpt from her memoir, “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest…

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