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UN committee unable to agree on Palestinian bid for full membership
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UNITED NATIONS – A United Nations Security Council committee considering an application by the Palestinian Authority to become a full U.N. member “was unable to make a unanimous recommendation” on whether it met the criteria, according to the committee report seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The Palestinian Authority is still expected to push the 15-member Security…
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Vietnam mounts ‘unprecedented’ $24 billion rescue for bank engulfed in giant fraud, documents show
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HANOI – Vietnam has mounted an “unprecedented” rescue of Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), a lender engulfed in the nation’s biggest financial fraud, according to three bank documents and new official information provided to Reuters by a person with access to the documents. “Without lending, SCB will collapse,” according to the…
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Judge temporarily blocks Ohio gender-affirming care ban
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An Ohio judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Republican-backed state law banning gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, for transgender minors from taking effect later this month. Judge Michael Holbrook of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas said that the two transgender children and their families who…
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Rupture on TC Energy’s NGTL gas pipeline sparks wildfire in Alberta
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A section of TC Energy’s NGTL gas pipeline system in Alberta ruptured and caught fire on Tuesday, sparking a wildfire in a remote area, the company said. “An initial ignition of natural gas at the rupture site is now extinguished. We are working to support Alberta Wildfire in their response to…
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EU auditors say lobbyists can easily slip under bloc’s radar
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BRUSSELS – Lobbyists can easily bypass EU transparency rules to influence policy, the 27-nation bloc’s auditors said on Wednesday. The European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) report comes as European Union institutions discuss a new Ethics Body to guide the conduct of officials and ahead of a planned review of the bloc’s transparency register of lobbyists. That…