Biden revokes COVID travel, federal employee vaccine requirements

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday revoked requirements that most international visitors to the United States be vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as similar rules for federal employees and contractors. Biden’s orders take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET May 12 with the expiration of the U.S. COVID public health emergency….

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Ecuador seals record debt-for-nature swap with Galapagos bond

By Marc Jones and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ecuador sealed the world’s largest “debt-for-nature” swap on record on Tuesday, selling a new “blue bond” that will funnel at least $12 million a year into conservation of the Galapagos Islands, one of the world’s most precious ecosystems. Having bought back roughly $1.6 billion of…

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T-bills hit by US debt ceiling worries, stocks slip ahead of CPI

By Herbert Lash and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A gauge of global equities fell on Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of key data on U.S. consumer prices, while the impasse over the U.S. debt ceiling sparked a sharp sell-off in short-dated Treasury bills. Disappointing forecasts from companies such as PayPal and Apple supplier…

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Events leading up to Donald Trump sexual abuse verdict

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Here is a timeline of writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump that culminated on Tuesday with jurors finding that he sexually abused and defamed her and awarding her $5 million in damages. June 2019 – E. Jean Carroll publishes an excerpt from her memoir, “What Do We Need…

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Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Moscow marks Victory Day with new attacks on Ukraine

(Reuters) – Russia fired cruise missiles at Kyiv and paraded troops across Red Square for its annual celebration of victory in World War Two, pared back amid shortages of manpower and weaponry at the front after a failed winter campaign in Ukraine. SYMBOLIC DAY * President Vladimir Putin said Russians were united in a “sacred”…

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