SYDNEY (Reuters) – Following are reactions to the death of Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of sexual abuse allegations. PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE “For many people, particularly of the Catholic faith, this will be a difficult day and I express my …
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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador will lower taxes on capital sent abroad and items like alcohol and trim overall value-added tax on specific shopping days this year, President Guillermo Lasso said on Tuesday. Capital sent abroad will this year be taxed at 2%, instead of 4%, Lasso said in a televised address, making imported products like …
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(Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled that Apple had infringed on one of Masimo Corp’s pulse oximeter patents by importing and selling certain Apple Watches with light-based pulse oximetry functionality and components, Masimo said on Tuesday. The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) will now consider whether to implement an import ban on these Apple Watches, …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The United States, Mexico and Canada on Tuesday vowed to tighten economic ties, producing more goods regionally and boosting semiconductor output, even as integration is hampered by an ongoing dispute over Mexico’s nationalist energy policies. U.S. President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and …
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(Reuters) -Apple Inc is planning to start using its own custom displays in its mobile devices from 2024 onwards in an attempt to bring more components in-house, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company intends to begin by swapping out the display in the highest-end Apple Watches by …
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By Milagro Vallecillos and Valentine Hilaire PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s government on Tuesday doubled down on an order that Canada-based miner First Quantum Minerals halt operations at its local copper mine, saying the miner had been operating without a contract since 2017. Earlier, First Quantum said it would submit an appeal against Panama’s order by …
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By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian shoppers spent big in November as Black Friday sales and online specials spurred demand for clothes, electronics and furniture, a sign consumption was proving resilient to rising interest rates and high inflation. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday showed retail sales jumped 1.4% in November …
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(Reuters) -The Pentagon on Tuesday rescinded a controversial Biden administration mandate requiring that all members of the U.S. armed forces be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo that military leaders still encouraged all service members to get vaccinated and boosted but would no longer discharge those who refuse on …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to propose new fuel economy standards for the 2027 model year and beyond in April which could dramatically reshape new cars on America’s roads. Acting NHTSA Administrator Ann Carlson told reporters on Tuesday the agency aims to release its proposal by …
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By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump and the star prosecution witness in the Trump Organization’s criminal trial, was sentenced on Tuesday to five months behind bars for helping engineer a wide-ranging tax fraud at the former president’s real estate company. Weisselberg, 75, was sent to New York’s …
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