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(Reuters) – Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr will not be suspended after receiving a red card in Sunday’s LaLiga match at Valencia, in which he was also racially abused, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday. “The RFEF Competition Committee considers that the referee’s assessment was determined by the omission of the entirety of the play that took place, which affected the refereeing decision.” “The fact that he (the […]

(Reuters) – Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr will not be suspended after receiving a red card in Sunday’s LaLiga match at Valencia, in which he was also racially abused, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday. “The RFEF Competition Committee considers that the referee’s assessment was determined by the omission of the entirety of the play that took place, which affected the refereeing decision.” “The fact that he (the […]

By Stephen Nellis and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department should put trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after Beijing earlier this week banned the sale of some chips by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc, the chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on China said on Tuesday. The restrictions by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron are the latest in a widening trade […]

By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) – Qantas Airways on Tuesday forecast a record annual profit and hiked its share buyback programme by up to A$100 million ($67.83 million), courting demands from a workers’ union to return billions received as pandemic aid from the government. Australia’s flagship carrier expects an underlying profit before tax of A$2.43 billion to A$2.48 billion for fiscal 2023, slightly higher than a Refinitiv estimate of A$2.40 billion, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said it signed agreements with Micronesia on Tuesday concluding negotiations to extend economic assistance to the island state under a strategic pact key to U.S. efforts to push back against China in the Pacific. The State Department said additional negotiations were underway with Micronesia (FSM) to continue federal programs and services currently provided under a Federal Programs and Services Agreement. Three agreements related to […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday announced new funding for a landmark scientific experiment deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that will measure the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on trees, the British embassy said. Foreign Secretary James Cleverley visited the project north of the city of Manaus where scientists are erecting dozens of towers that will inject carbon dioxide into the forest canopy and monitor how the plants absorb […]

By Stephen Nellis and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department should put trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after Beijing earlier this week banned the sale of some chips by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc, the chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on China said on Tuesday. The restrictions by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron are the latest in a widening trade […]

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe could be tried on allegations of witness tampering, after a judge on Tuesday dismissed a prosecutor request to shelve the probe, reviving a long-running and deeply polarizing case. The attorney general’s office asked in March 2021 for a hearing on potentially curtailing the investigation, after it found Uribe’s conduct did not constitute a crime. Uribe and several allies were investigated over allegations of […]

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Richard Branson’s bankrupt satellite launch firm, Virgin Orbit, on Tuesday revealed that it was closing for good after a $36.4 million asset sale, including an agreement to sell the bulk of its Long Beach, California, headquarters to small-launch firm Rocket Lab USA Inc. Rocket Lab, the seasoned small-rocket company whose headquarters is less than a mile from Virgin Orbit’s, won the bankrupt rocket company’s primary […]