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UPDATE 1-China parliament ratifies Paris climate change agreement

BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - China's parliament on Saturday
ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, the Xinhua state
news agency said, which could help put the pact into force by as
early as the end of the year.

China parliament ratifies Paris climate change agreement

BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - China's parliament on Saturday
ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, state news
agency Xinhua said.

UPDATE 3-Gabon's Ping declares himself president after post-poll riots

* Former colonial power France says will not intervene

(Recasts with Jean Ping declaring himself as president)

Microsoft gets support in gag order lawsuit from U.S. companies

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Technology, media,
pharmaceutical and other companies, along with major corporate
lobbying groups, filed legal briefs on Friday in support of a
Microsoft Corp lawsuit that aims to strike down a law
preventing companies from telling customers the government is
seeking their data.

No imminent UK decision on Chinese-backed nuclear plan as PM May heads to China

LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will
not announce her keenly awaited decision on a partly-Chinese
funded nuclear power project in the coming days, a British
official said on Saturday as May flew to China to meet President
Xi Jinping at her first G20 summit.

Canada fertilizer merger faces easier approval at home than in U.S.

TORONTO/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Canada's Potash Corp
of Saskatchewan and Agrium Inc are more likely
to win approval for a potential merger in Canada than the United
States, but U.S. rejection of the deal would scuttle it
globally, competition lawyers said.

Brazilian federal court suspends operating license for 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant

A Brazilian federal court has suspended an operating license for the 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, stating that its developers have failed to provide water and sewage services to areas near the project.

Shale and demand uncertainty put Big Oil on its back foot

Some oil majors were caught off guard by shale and have of late struggled to maintain a foothold in many parts of the world, but its relevancy continues.

U.S. oil drilling rig count rises for ninth week in 10 -Baker Hughes

Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. oil drilling rig count rose this
week for the ninth week in ten, but the pace of additions slowed
as crude prices hold below the key $50-a-barrel mark that
analysts and drillers say makes drilling more viable.
The U.S. oil rig count rose by one to reach 407 for the week
ended Sept. 2, compared with 662 a year ago, data from oil
services company Baker Hughes Inc showed on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Latam banana workers' claims over pesticide are revived in U.S.

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hundreds of banana farmers from Central
America and South America will again have their day in court,
after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived six lawsuits
accusing several big fruit and chemical companies of sickening
them with a toxic pesticide.

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