Canadian shippers find few easy alternatives for grain, oil cut off by flood
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian exporters of commodities from grain to fertilizer and oil scrambled on Wednesday (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
U.S. Gulf of Mexico auction attracts pent up demand from oil drillers
By Nichola Groom
(Reuters) -The Biden administration’s auction of oil drilling rights in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico generated more (More…)
In Ivory Coast, a battle to save cocoa-ravaged forests
By Joe Bavier, Maytaal Angel and Ange Aboa
DJIGBADJI, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -This cocoa-growing settlement was all but destroyed last (More…)
Belgium extends mask use, enforces home working as COVID-19 spikes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium tightened its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, mandating wider use of masks and enforcing work from home, (More…)
U.S. plans to invest billions in manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine
By Jeff Mason and Alexandra Alper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to invest billions of dollars in expanding COVID-19 (More…)
U.S. drug overdose deaths jump over 28%, top 100,000 in the past year
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Czechs to bar unvaccinated from public events as COVID cases hit record
By Jan Lopatka
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will ban people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 from (More…)
Canada floods cut rail link to Vancouver port; one dead
By Artur Gajda and Rod Nickel
MERRITT, British Columbia (Reuters) -Floods and landslides that have killed at least one person (More…)
As Port of Los Angeles import backups ease, empty containers pile up
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of container ships waiting to enter the busiest U.S. seaport complex (More…)
Fed officials say high inflation weighing on consumers and needs to be controlled
By Jonnelle Marte
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials said on Tuesday they are vigilant of the ways that higher inflation (More…)
