PARIS (Reuters) – LVMH said on Tuesday it was “impossible” to control the final destination of products sold by third-party distributors after a report said the French luxury group’s champagne reached Russia even after it halted business there. French investigative media La Lettre on Tuesday reported the group’s beverages branch Moet Hennessy worked with two …
OUIDAH, Benin (Reuters) – Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin’s Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor’s neck at the country’s annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about the reptiles’ sacred connection to voodoo spirituality. Practitioners like Zinsou seek to combat negative stereotypes of voodoo, a 500-year-old religion that celebrates a rich pantheon …
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By Arunima Kumar, Ron Bousso (Reuters) -BP warned on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter results will be hit by weaker oil and gas production, refining margins and trading, while also delaying a highly-anticipated investor day due to a medical procedure undergone by CEO Murray Auchincloss. The British company said Auchincloss will be back in the office …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said. The order calls for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments to host gigawatt-scale AI data centers and …
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WASHINGTON, 14 ene (Reuters) – El presidente de la Reserva Federal Fed de Kansas City, Jeff Schmid, dijo el martes que el impacto de las políticas de la administración entrante de Donald Trump en la economía estadounidense es una “conversación activa” en la Fed y que el banco central responderá si sus objetivos de inflación …
NELAHOZEVES, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Upgrades to boost the capacity for oil deliveries to the Czech Republic via the TAL pipeline are complete, ending the country’s need to import Russian crude, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Tuesday. The Czech Republic has worked to wean itself off Russian oil and gas since Russia’s invasion of …
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MADRID, 14 ene (Reuters) – La Guardia Civil española dijo el martes que había detenido a una banda sospechosa de contrabandear más de 40.000 toneladas al año de residuos urbanos no tratados de Italia a España. En un comunicado, la policía afirmó que las empresas italianas de tratamiento de residuos, cuyo nombre no se dio …
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By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has banned imports from another tranche of Chinese companies over alleged human-rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, targeting 37 textile, mining and solar companies, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. The companies include Huafu Fashion Co., one of the world’s largest textile manufacturers, and 25 …
By Marwa Rashad LONDON (Reuters) -Donald Trump will mark his return to the global stage with a virtual World Economic Forum appearance in Davos next week, as world leaders await details of the incoming U.S. President’s policies and his pledge to end the war in Ukraine. Trump is due to return to the White House …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police said on Tuesday they had apprehended a gang suspected of smuggling more than 40,000 tons a year of untreated urban waste from Italy to Spain. In a statement, police said Italian waste treatment companies, which were not named, had paid smugglers over 19 million euros ($19.5 million) since 2021 to …
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