By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Failing health, more than anything else, is what brought to an end 30 years of life as a fugitive for Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man until his arrest on Monday. Messina Denaro, 60, was caught just outside a private clinic in Palermo together with an accomplice. Judicial …
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Por Marion Giraldo 16 ene (Reuters) – Un grupo de científicos está desenterrando en la Patagonia chilena el registro fósil de dinosaurios más austral del mundo fuera de la Antártica, incluyendo restos de megarraptores que habrían sido los principales depredadores en la zona antes de su extinción masiva. Un artículo publicado en la revista Journal …
By Darya Korsunskaya (Reuters) – Russia’s attempts to plug its budget deficit by selling foreign currency reserves could lead to a vicious circle that pushes the rouble higher and further reduces the Kremlin’s crucial export revenues, analysts say. Russia’s finance ministry and central bank said last week they would restart interventions in foreign exchange markets …
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By Renee Maltezou and Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) -European royalty gathered in Athens on Monday for the funeral of former King Constantine of Greece, born a prince but buried a commoner after his subjects voted to abolish the monarchy in 1974. Constantine II, a second cousin of Britain’s King Charles and godfather to heir Prince …
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(Reuters) -India has cut its windfall tax on crude oil and exports of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and diesel, according to a government notification dated Jan. 16. It cut its windfall tax on crude to 1,900 rupees ($23.28) per tonne from 2,100 rupees per tonne, effective Tuesday. The government also cut export tax on ATF …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Pan-European stock exchange Euronext will shift clearing of derivatives trading to its new clearing arm in Italy by the third quarter of next year, it said on Monday, to compete directly with London Stock Exchange Group and Cboe. Euronext currently clears its derivatives transactions at LCH SA, owned by …
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SAO PAULO, 16 ene (Reuters) – Los productores brasileños de soja cosecharán un volumen récord justo por debajo de 153 millones de toneladas en la temporada 2022/2023, debido a un aumento en el área plantada y a un clima favorable en la mayor parte del país, según una encuesta de Reuters emitida el lunes. Aunque …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of nurses in England will strike in February for the third time in as many months, adding further pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over crippling disruption to key services caused by industrial action. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Monday its members …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government will block a bill passed by the Scottish parliament that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, its Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said on Monday, the first time it has invoked the power to veto a Scottish law. The bill, approved in December, makes Scotland the …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders. The Metropolitan Police and the country’s prosecution service said David Carrick, 48, had used his position of …
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