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Explainer: Spilt milk? Why are the US and Canada preventing over dairy?

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The USA on Tuesday mentioned it was looking for a second commerce dispute settlement panel over Canada’s dairy import quotas, accusing Canada of not assembly obligations to open its market to American producers. The transfer is the newest salvo in longstanding tensions between the commerce companions over Canada’s protected … Read more

WHO urges ‘speedy motion’ after cough syrup deaths

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LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The World Well being Group has referred to as for “speedy and concerted motion” to guard youngsters from contaminated medicines after a spate of kid deaths linked to cough syrups final 12 months. In 2022, greater than 300 youngsters – primarily aged below 5 – in Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan … Read more

Lab-grown meat strikes nearer to American dinner plates

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WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – As soon as the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat may grow to be actuality in some eating places in the US as early as this yr. Executives at cultivated meat corporations are optimistic that meat grown in large metal vats may very well be on the menu inside months … Read more

Excessive egg costs ought to be investigated, U.S. farm group says

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Jan 19 (Reuters) – The Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) ought to look at excessive egg costs for indicators of value gouging from prime egg firms, a farm group stated, as Individuals proceed to pay greater than ever for the family staple. U.S. regulators, farmers, and trade have usually argued in recent times concerning the energy … Read more

Unique: Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids beneath Lula bid to guard Amazon

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URUARA, Brazil, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Brazilian environmental brokers reduce by means of the rainforest with machetes on Thursday in quest of criminals within the first anti-deforestation raids beneath President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pledged to finish surging destruction inherited from his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. Reuters completely accompanied raids led by environmental … Read more

Explainer: Why Malaysia is contemplating a ban on palm oil exports to the European Union

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, on Thursday mentioned it would cease palm exports to the European Union after the bloc imposed extra import restrictions on the edible oil resulting from issues over deforestation. WHAT IS THE DISAGREEMENT ABOUT? Malaysia and Indonesia have for years been at loggerheads … Read more

Site visitors in Suez Canal regular after ship breakdown handled, SCA says

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CAIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Delivery site visitors within the Suez Canal was continuing usually on Monday after tugs towed a cargo vessel that broke down throughout its passage via the waterway, the Canal Authority mentioned. The breakdown was anticipated to trigger solely minor delays, with convoys of ships resuming common transit by 11:00 native … Read more

Biden says Putin looking for ‘oxygen’ with truce proposal

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WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden advised Vladimir Putin’s wrestle in Ukraine after 10 months of struggle and 1000’s of lives misplaced had prompted the Russian president to supply a 36-hour truce, saying, “I believe he is looking for some oxygen.” The Kremlin mentioned Putin had ordered a ceasefire from noon on … Read more

‘Coup-mongering’ Bolsonarista’s battle cry reveals a radicalized Brazil

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Practically two weeks after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s most fraught election in a era, Milton Baldin arrived within the capital Brasilia to attempt to overturn the outcome. A small enterprise proprietor from the deep inside of Brazil, Baldin, 55, joined … Read more

Africa’s meals disaster is the most important but – 5 explanation why

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MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (Reuters) – In October, Nadifa Abdi Isak introduced her malnourished daughters to hospital in Mogadishu. That day, a nurse stated, 42 different kids had already been checked into the emergency unit, ravaged by starvation. There have been 57 the day earlier than that. Workers on the Benadir maternity and paediatric hospital stated … Read more