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Russian oil firm shrugs off sanctions, insurer says dodgy operators will profit

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian oil producer Gazpromneft shrugged off the impact of major new U.S. sanctions on Friday, while insurance company Ingosstrakh said they would create a market vacuum that would benefit less reputable competitors. The outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet, targeting Russia’s oil and …

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Gazprom Neft given 45 days to exit ownership of Serbia’s NIS, president says

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Following new United States sanctions against Russia’s oil sector, Gazprom Neft will be given 45 days to exit ownership of Serbian oil company NIS, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday. NIS is majority owned by Gazprom Neft which holds a 50% stake and Gazprom which holds 6.15% of shares. The Serbian government …

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Sólido reporte de empleo plantea dudas sobre nuevos recortes de tasas por parte de la Fed

Por Ann Saphir y Howard Schneider 10 ene (Reuters) – El mercado laboral estadounidense volvió a desafiar una anticipada desaceleración, ya que las empresas agregaron más de un cuarto de millón de puestos de trabajo en el último mes de 2024 y dejaron a los responsables monetarios de la Reserva Federal con la duda de …

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El Vaticano aprueba las directrices italianas que permiten a los homosexuales ser sacerdotes

Por Joshua McElwee CIUDAD DEL VATICANO, 10 ene (Reuters) – El Vaticano ha aprobado nuevas directrices de los obispos italianos que permiten a los hombres homosexuales entrar en los seminarios siempre que se abstengan de tener relaciones sexuales, en un ajuste inesperado de la forma en que la Iglesia católica mundial considera a los posibles …

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France summons Iranian ambassador over hostages

PARIS (Reuters) -France summoned Iran’s ambassador on Friday to protest over the case of three of its citizens whose detention conditions the foreign ministry said were akin to torture. The ministry described the French nationals as “hostages of the state of the Islamic republic of Iran”. “Their situation is unbearable, with undignified detention conditions that, …

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Delantero “Chino” Huerta se convierte en primer mexicano en fichar con Anderlecht de Bélgica

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 10 ene (Reuters) – El delantero César “Chino” Huerta se convirtió el viernes en el primer futbolista mexicano que jugará con el Anderlecht de Bélgica tras confirmarse su traspaso definitivo desde Pumas UNAM, informaron el viernes ambos clubes. El delantero, que ha sido seleccionado en 15 ocasiones, jugó para el club de …

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Vatican approves Italian guidelines allowing gay men to become priests

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church considers possible future priests. Although the Vatican had not explicitly barred gay men from entering …

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Italy foreign minister proposes setting aside EU sanctions on Syria

By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday that he had called for a moratorium on EU sanctions on Syria for six months or one year, but that a final decision could only come from the entire bloc. Speaking to reporters in Beirut after meeting Syria’s new leaders in …

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Gaza war death toll could be 40% higher, says study

(This Jan. 9 story has been corrected to fix the pre-war population in paragraph 5) By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by around 40% in the first nine months of the war as the Gaza Strip’s healthcare infrastructure …

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Dritte Amtszeit für Maduro – Sofort neue internationale Sanktionen

(Reuters) – Der umstrittene venezolanische Präsident Nicolás Maduro ist ungeachtet der monatelangen Auseinandersetzungen über seine Wahl für eine dritte sechsjährige Amtszeit vereidigt worden. “Möge diese neue Amtszeit eine Zeit des Friedens, des Wohlstands, der Gleichheit und der neuen Demokratie sein”, sagte der 62-Jährige bei der Zeremonie am Freitag im Parlament in Caracas. Seine erste Amtshandlung …

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