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May mulls political reset to deliver Brexit

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May is planning to relaunch her political mission to deliver Brexit and help ordinary working people, as she tries to put last month’s disastrous election result behind her, according to a senior government official. May is lining up significant interventions in the next week, including a major speech, setting out her commitment to social and ...

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Venezuelan opposition leader Lopez sent home from prison

Bloomberg Venezuela’s Supreme Court said early Saturday that the country’s most renowned political prisoner, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, was transferred from military prison to house arrest after three years in jail. Lopez, who’s been serving an almost 14-year sentence for allegedly inciting violence in a wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, left the Ramo Verde facility outside Caracas, where ...

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China, EU bolster greener global shipping to curb emissions

Bloomberg The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China. Over 200 representatives convened this week at the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations shipping supervisor based in London, to discuss regulation that could turn their industry, currently responsible for as much as 3 percent ...

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