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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell said yesterday it would scrap its dual share structure and move its head office to Britain from the Netherlands, pushed away by Dutch taxes and facing climate pressure in court as the energy giant shifts from oil and gas.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s highest court yesterday ruled it was not competent to try former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon over the alleged misappropriation of $200 million in government funds meant for an agriculture project.

(Reuters) – Two billion doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine have been supplied worldwide, the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker and its partner said yesterday, in just under a year since its first approval.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) Chief Executive Sultan al-Jaber said today the world could not “simply unplug” from hydrocarbons and that the oil and gas industry needed to invest over $600 billion a year until 2030 to meet expected demand.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden named former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure plan, the White House said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – China and India will need to explain to developing nations why they pushed to water down language on efforts to phase out coal at the COP26 conference, the event’s president Alok Sharma said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s economic advisers defended his policies yesterday amid rising inflation that they said was a global issue related to the COVID-19 pandemic, not a result of the administration’s programs.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. military covered up 2019 airstrikes in Syria that killed up to 64 women and children, a possible war crime, during the battle against Islamic State, the New York Times reported yesterday.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said today.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – U.N. climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement aimed at keeping alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic shot at saving the world from catastrophic climate change.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Negotiators closed a deal to settle rules for carbon markets at the U.N.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Five protesters were killed yesterday as huge crowds defied gunfire and tear gas in Sudan’s capital Khartoum and other cities to demonstrate against a military takeover, witnesses and medics said.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – U.N. climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement that aimed at least to keep alive hopes of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, and so maintain a realistic chance of saving the world from catastrophic climate change.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – Two weeks of U.N. COP26 climate talks in Glasgow blew past a deadline yesterday as the conference president called on countries to make a final push to secure commitments that would rein in the rising temperatures that threaten the planet.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Swedish supergroup ABBA made a triumphant return to the UK music charts yesterday, going straight to no.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Calling it her “best day ever,” pop star Britney Spears regained freedom over her life and finances yesterday when a Los Angeles judge ended the conservatorship that had restricted her for more than 13 years.

WASHINGTON/NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities, as Washington warned it was prepared to take action against other parties to the conflict in Ethiopia as it steps up pressure to try to bring an end to fighting.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday affirmed its decision to put on hold an order by President Joe Biden for companies with 100 workers or more to require COVID-19 vaccines, rejecting a challenge by his administration. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump defended his supporters’ chants threatening to hang Vice President Mike Pence as they stormed the U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party approved a rare resolution yesterday elevating President Xi Jinping’s status in its history, in a move seen as consolidating his authority and likelihood of securing an unprecedented third leadership term next year.