(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of the Interior will reform its regulations for the development of wind energy facilities on the country’s outer continental shelf to help meet crucial climate goals, it said in a statement on Thursday. The proposed rule changes would save developers a projected $1 billion over a 20-year period by streamlining …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Dave Sherwood WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to send a delegation to Havana this month to restart U.S.-Cuba talks on law-enforcement issues that were halted under former President Donald Trump, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. U.S. concerns about counterterrorism will be among the subjects addressed, a State Department …
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Por Matt Spetalnick y Dave Sherwood WASHINGTON/LA HABANA, 12 ene (Reuters) -El Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden planea enviar una delegación oficial a La Habana este mes para reiniciar las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba sobre implementación de leyes que fueron suspendidas durante la administración de Donald Trump, dijo el jueves el Departamento de …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican immigration agents found three unaccompanied Salvadoran children stranded on an islet on the Rio Grande, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico’s immigration institute said. The three sisters are 9, 6 and 1 year old, the institute said in a statement on Wednesday. Members of Mexico’s National Guard first issued an …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s December budget deficit quadrupled from a year earlier to $85 billion as receipts shrank slightly and outlays grew to a new December record, the Treasury Department said on Thursday as it neared the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit. The results confirmed forecasts that revenues would start to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The price hike for Moderna Inc COVID-19 shots is hard to justify, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. Moderna is considering pricing its vaccine at $110 to $130 per dose in the United States when it shifts from government contracting to commercial distribution, the company’s chief executive, Stephane Bancel, told …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s import prices rose at their slowest pace in 21 months in December, as the local won currency strengthened and oil prices fell, implying weakening pressure on consumer inflation. The prices of the country’s imports stood 9.1% higher in December than a year ago, in terms of the won currency, compared …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden did not know that classified documents from his vice presidential days were at a Washington think tank or house in Wilmington, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. Biden did not know what was in those classified documents, the White House said after Attorney General Merrick Garland …
By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Dow Jones, a division of News Corp that includes the financial news outlets the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch, plans to lay off 22 employees, according to IAPE, the union representing unionized Dow Jones employees. In a statement to Reuters on Wednesday, a Dow Jones spokesperson said that “several teams …
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – City National Bank has agreed to pay $31 million to settle lending discrimination allegations with the U.S. Justice Department, the agency said on Thursday. A complaint filed in federal court on Thursday alleged that from 2017 through at least 2020, the Los Angeles-based bank received fewer applications in majority-Black and …
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