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Ivory Trade Loopholes Close as Nations Race to Crush Poachers
(Bloomberg) — Since the 2000’s, an elephant poaching epidemic has raged across Africa, with populations in some areas decimated and…
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Explore the New Seven Wonders of the World
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — The Seven Wonders of the World were the original bucket list—the places every Socratic disciple wanted to…
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What Does RTO Mean for Our New Pets, Prets and Pelotons?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — What if we can’t work from home forever? Over the last year, countless decisions have been made…
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Chrystia Freeland Is Trying to Supercharge Canada’s Growth
(Bloomberg Markets) — When Chrystia Freeland became Canada’s minister of finance in August, she had a mandate from Prime Minister…
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Florida Cruise Tests Rules; U.K. Opening in Doubt: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said it had been cleared to resume cruises in the U.S. starting with a…
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America’s Economic Recovery Isn’t Roaring for Everyone
After more than a year of pandemic, the U.S. economy is roaring back and is now expected to grow by…
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Bayer Request to Settle Future Roundup Claims Is Denied by Judge
(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG’s proposal to pay as much as $2 billion to resolve future claims that its Roundup weed…
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Covid Origin Hunt Ordered by U.S.; EU Rips Astra: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said he ordered the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble” its effort to determine the origin…
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ECB Probes Whether Goldman, Peers Are Still Too Tied to London
(Bloomberg) — The European Central Bank is stepping up scrutiny of global investment banks’ risk management within the region to…
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Central Banks Face New Balancing Act With Their Huge Asset Piles
(Bloomberg Markets) — Central bankers around the world are mulling the future of their massive bond-buying programs in a post-pandemic…
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Green Finance Hires Political Stars to Protect $30 Trillion Boom
(Bloomberg) — Mark Carney to Brookfield Asset Management. Brexit architect Nigel Farage to DGB Group. A senior Obama aide to…
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Hong Kong Plan for Unused Shots; Moderna for Teens: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong may donate Covid-19 vaccines to countries more in need of them as local demand for Pfizer…
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Lukashenko’s Air Piracy Has No Western Precedent
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The double standards defense is the Kremlin’s go-to device whenever it’s accused of wrongdoing: “You Westerners have no…
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Pope launches green initiative, decrying “predatory attitude” toward planet
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis launched an initiative on Tuesday to make Catholic institutions ranging from families to universities…
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U.K. Slammed Over ‘Too Little, Very Late’ Boost to Isolation Aid
(Bloomberg) — A U.K. government plan to boost support for people who need to self-isolate in the pandemic does not…
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Climate Voluntarism Won’t Deliver Needed Bank Action, Aviva Says
(Bloomberg) — If the financial-services sector is to play a meaningful role in supporting efforts to limit global warming, climate action…
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Google Faces Sweeping German Antitrust Probes Into Data Terms
(Bloomberg) — Google’s market power and control over users’ data faces intense scrutiny in Germany as the nation’s antitrust watchdog…
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Erdogan Aims Again at Central Bank With Deputy Governor Ousting
(Bloomberg) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ousted another central bank official, the latest of his sudden decisions this…
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U.S. Warns on Japan Travel; Seychelles Cases Drop: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. said Americans should avoid traveling to Japan, with the country under a state of emergency that…
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EU leaders to debate who will pay for green transition
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meet on Tuesday to debate how to split the efforts and costs of the…
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Why Belarus Targets Critics in the Streets and Skies
(Bloomberg) — Belarus has long pursued its president’s critics on the streets, and now it’s turned to the skies. For…
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Brainard Lays Out Cost Benefits of Central Bank Digital Currency
(Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve is stepping up its research on digital currencies, Governor Lael Brainard said, amid growing demand…
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Here’s How Brits Can Visit Spain, Italy and Greece This Summer
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Britain’s guidance on where Brits can go on holiday is about as clear as a pair of…
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U.S. Outbreak Slows as Concern Rises Over Variant: Virus Update
The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. continues to slow, with the country ending its first week since June with…
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Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’
(Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower…
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‘Foreign Agent’ Laws Are a Blueprint for Xenophobia
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Russian propaganda and spying, increasingly brazen in recent years, as well as China’s “soft power” efforts in…
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U.S. Cases Halve in a Month; Singapore Shuts Malls: Virus Update
Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost…
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Britons Shun Boris Johnson’s Call to Take 2 Covid Tests Per Week
(Bloomberg) — The number of rapid Covid-19 tests being carried out in England fell to just over five million per…
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Summer Travel Will Require Picking Your Way Through a Maze of Border Rules
(Bloomberg) — Europe is slowly peeling back border restrictions set in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, providing an opening…
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Covid Vaccines Effective Against Variant From India, Study Finds
(Bloomberg) — Coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc have been shown to work against a variant first identified…
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U.S. Cases Halve in a Month; Outbreak Hits Everest: Virus Update
Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost…
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Oregon Offers $1 Million; U.S. Enlists Dating Apps: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The White House is enlisting popular dating apps to encourage Americans to brandish their vaccination status in exchange…
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Arctic-Superpower Jostling Heats Up as Russia Takes on Key Role
(Bloomberg) — A battle of words between top Russian and U.S. diplomats this week is the latest sign of rising tensions…
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Portugal to Raise Growth Forecast to Near 5% as Tourists Return
(Bloomberg) — Portugal is likely to raise its economic growth forecast for this year to close to 5% as tourists…
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Curaleaf Betting European Deal Will Bring Future Growth
One of the leading US-based cannabis companies thinks its US$130 million bet on Europe will pay off in the long…
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N.Y. Offers Lottery Tickets; EU Backs Certificates: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York state will offer $20 scratch-off lottery tickets as a vaccine incentive, with a maximum payout of…
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Stay or Move to U.K.? Hong Kong Locals Face Hard Choice as China Reshapes City
(Bloomberg) — They’ll miss their parents, their favorite hiking spots and the chatter of their mother tongue on the streets. Some…
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A New German Anti-Semitism Rears Its Ugly Head
(Bloomberg Opinion) — As Israelis and Palestinians keep clashing in the Middle East, their conflict also spills onto streets from…
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Bond Investors Love Greece. Really.
(Bloomberg Opinion) — This southeastern European home of 10.7 million people has the lowest risk and highest returns wherever major…
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Vaccine Holdouts in Africa Reject World’s Route to Recovery
(Bloomberg) — A handful of vaccine holdouts in the world’s least-inoculated continent could pose another big challenge for global efforts…
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Dogs Detect Covid-19; Transmission After Vaccine: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The vaccines developed by Moderna Inc. and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE partnership appear more effective in preventing people…
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Dead Russian’s $122 Million Riviera Chateau Eludes Creditors
(Bloomberg) — A chateau once owned by the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky remains in the hands of the French…
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U.K.’s Johnson More Confident Vaccines Work Against Variants
(Bloomberg) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he has “increasing confidence” vaccines are working against all coronavirus variants, raising…
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Abuse Victims Put in Harm’s Way By New Greek Bill, Opponents Say
(Bloomberg) — A Greek law aimed at addressing the challenges of 21st-century family life risks hurting victims of abuse, its…
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Intel Is Making a Very Big Mistake by Dissing Asia
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Western world has a problem, and Intel Corp. is here to fix it. That’s the apparent…
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Top Vaccine Maker Sees Export Delays; Dose-Mixing: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The Serum Institute of India Ltd., the vaccine manufacturer that was meant to provide many poorer nations with…
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U.K. to Approve J&J Soon; Record Deaths in India: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is wiping out “entire families” in villages in India, where more people are saying the scale…
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Macron Minister Slams ‘Wokeness,’ Wants to Keep it Out of France
(Bloomberg) — Elisabeth Moreno, a Black woman in charge of diversity in Emmanuel Macron’s government, slammed “cancel culture” in a…
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Sexy Tea, the Lion King and Taiwan’s Lost Innocence
After 15 months leading the world as a case study in epidemic management, Taiwan’s bubble has burst. In just one week,…
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Carnage in India, U.S. to Send Vaccines Abroad: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is wiping out “entire families” in villages in India, where more people are saying the scale…
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