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Britain’s Reeves to use major speech to promote ‘free and open’ trade, The Observer reports
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Sweden picks Embraer’s C-390 as new military cargo aircraft
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Bridge offers unique view of Rome’s Trevi fountain during conservation work
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Princess Kate attends Remembrance Day event in return to public duties
Date: November 10, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Princess Kate attended a Remembrance Day event in London on Saturday, in her latest public engagement after undergoing preventive treatment for cancer this year. Kate arrived for the Festival of Remembrance at London’s Royal Albert Hall wearing a black dress adorned with a red poppy, which has become a symbol of respect...
Exclusive-US ordered TSMC to halt shipments to China of chips used in AI applications, source says
Date: November 10, 2024
By Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export...
Cycling-Briton Cavendish confirms retirement
Date: November 9, 2024
(Reuters) – Mark Cavendish will compete in his final professional race at the two-day Tour de France Criterium in Singapore on Sunday, the British cyclist said on Saturday. Cavendish, who announced his retirement last year before reversing that decision, broke the all-time record for most stage wins at the Tour de France this year. The...
Spain’s flood disaster was its worst in recent history. Here’s what went wrong
Date: November 9, 2024
By David Latona, Corina Pons, Pietro Lombardi and Aislinn Laing PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) – The water was already knee-high on the ground floor of the hotel where Aitana Puchal had taken refugee when she received a text alert from the regional government of Valencia at 8 pm on Oct. 29 warning people to shelter in...
Trump prepares to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, NYT reports
Date: November 9, 2024
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported on Friday. Trump is also expected to end the pause on permitting new liquefied natural gas...
Swiss village threatened by vast rockslide must be evacuated again
Date: November 9, 2024
VIENNA (Reuters) – A small Swiss village that attracted global attention last year when it was evacuated because the mountain face above it threatened to collapse onto it must be evacuated again, local officials said on Saturday. The municipality of Albula in eastern Switzerland, which includes the village, Brienz, cited the risk of a rockslide...