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  • U.S. judge throws out Madoff $3 billion feeder fund lawsuit

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has again thrown out a $3 billion lawsuit by investors in two "feeder funds" that sent money to Bernard Madoff, one of the largest lawsuits tied to his Ponzi scheme, after her original dismissal had been overturned.

  • Endangered sea turtles lay eggs on Mexican beach

    LA ESCOBILLA, Mexico (Reuters) - Nesting endangered marine turtles have arrived at La Escobilla beach on Mexico's Pacific coast, in their annual migration, a sign that life is about to burst forth from scorched grains of sand.

  • UPDATE 2-Canada's auto union names Fiat Chrysler as next target for talks

    MONTREAL, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main autoworkers union, Unifor, said on Thursday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was its next target in negotiations, after securing a tentative deal with General Motors Co this week.

  • Mexican president says Trump visit sparked minister's exit

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said the resignation of his finance minister and trusted aide Luis Videgaray was prompted by Donald Trump's visit to Mexico last month, which led to widespread condemnation of the government.

  • IATA slams 'catastrophic' tax haven ruling in Brazil

    BRASILIA (Reuters) - The International Air Transport Association urged Brazil on Thursday not to list Ireland as a tax haven, a decision that would increase taxes on aircraft leases for Brazilian carriers struggling to regain profitability.

  • White House puts real-time climate data online for city planners

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new website powered by the White House and partners including Google and Microsoft, aims to pull real-time climate data from NASA satellites and other sources for planners preparing for the effects of climate change, its founders said on Thursday.

  • Fewer Chileans living in poverty despite economic slowdown

    SANTIAGO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Fewer Chileans were living in poverty despite weak economic growth in the world's leading copper producer, the government said on Thursday, noting that 11.7 percent of the population was below the poverty line in 2015 compared to 14.4 percent in 2013.

  • Police never contacted me over tickets, says Delaney

    DUBLIN (Reuters) - Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) representative John Delaney said on Thursday that Brazilian police had not contacted him despite an order being issued last month for the seizure of his passport.

  • Puerto Rico governor says island working to restore power

    Sept 22 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's governor on Thursday said the island's power utility hoped to restore electricity to about half its 1.5 million customers by the afternoon, after a fire at an energy plant knocked out electricity for the bulk of the island.

  • Secret mediator helped guide Colombia to peace deal

    CALI, Colombia, Sept 22 (Reuters) - For more than a decade, Henry Acosta regularly headed into Colombia's mountains and jungles on foot and mule, fording rivers and evading military intelligence on a secret mission to promote peace between the government and Marxist rebels.

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