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U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese companies in action over fentanyl

Posted by April 14, 2023

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Washington on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities based in China, accusing them supplying precursor chemicals to drug cart

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Mexico’s legal cannabis business takes next step with CBD-focused firm

Posted by March 9, 2023

MEXICO CITY, March 9 (Reuters) - Mexico's nascent legal cannabis industry on Thursday welcomed its first company authorized to grow at industrial-scale but focu

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Dutch “coffee shops” to stock licensed cannabis in trial

Posted by March 2, 2023

BREDA, March 1 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous "coffee shops" where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a

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New York’s first legal recreational marijuana shop opens

Posted by December 29, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The first licensed marijuana store in New York opened on Thursday, more than a year after the state legalized the drug and during d

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Ecuador insecurity, drug crime hitting exporters -business group

Posted by December 29, 2022

GUAYAQUIL, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Insecurity in Ecuador is hurting the Andean country's exports of products like bananas and shrimp, an exporters association said,

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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Russian court

Posted by October 25, 2022

KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sente

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U.S. basketball star Griner’s lawyer tells Russian court her 9-year…

Posted by October 25, 2022

KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A lawyer for U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner on Tuesday told judges hearing her appeal that her nine-year jail

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U.S. basketball star Griner’s Russian appeal hearing starts after short…

Posted by October 25, 2022

KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A Russian court began hearing an appeal by U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner on Tuesday against her conviction a

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Jailed U.S. basketball star Griner “not expecting miracles” at Russian…

Posted by October 24, 2022

MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner "does not expect miracles" at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail ter

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Legal cannabis poses a quandary for US companies screening staff…

Posted by October 6, 2022

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Workers at Wyatt Bassett's furniture factory in Virginia use powerful tools to churn out the company's trademark dressers and headboards, so s

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