DENVER – A police department in suburban Denver on Tuesday afternoon encountered a new set of investigations and legal issues as controls mounts on the death last year of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in a chokehold set by officers, and other run – ins with people of color. …
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Text size Getty Images Vestas Wind Systems‘s stock hit record highs on Tuesday as strong demand in the US for wind turbines in the second quarter drove upward sales. The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer restored its lead year-on-year as sales rose to € 3.5 billion – a 67% increase …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tax authorities raided the property of several Chinese entities and their staff for money laundering, according to an official statement late Tuesday, adding to New Delhi’s growing discomfort with Beijing following a border crash in June. Since the clash, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has …
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BRAZIL (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a ‘lie’, despite data produced by his own government showing thousands of fires in run the whole region. A Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) member …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that their first COVID-19 cases were imported by cargo in more than three months, as the country’s largest city fell into the lockdown again on Wednesday. PHILO PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at a joint press conference …
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