By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s inflation eased to 7.38% in the month to mid-December, the lowest in about eight months, as prices of food and beverages dipped, official data showed on Friday. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has vowed to tame inflation, control rising interest rates and boost economic growth since taking office …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities sentenced to death British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he denies. Here is a timeline of main developments since the 1950s: 1953 – Britain and the United States help orchestrate the overthrow of popular Prime …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Monopolies on supplies of certain minerals can lead to high prices and could make the energy transition difficult, India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. “Many countries of the south have huge deposits of these resources and we should work closely to use such resources for the benefit of the south,” …
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By Jody Godoy and Tom Hals NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk is set to become the rare CEO to fight a securities class action at trial next week, where he will defend his 2018 tweet announcing he had “funding secured” to take Tesla Inc private. Musk is essentially doubling down after suffering an initial …
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– von Sarah N. Lynch Washington (Reuters) – Nach Ex-US-Präsident Donald Trump gerät auch dessen Nachfolger Joe Biden wegen des Funds vertraulicher Dokumente unter Druck. In beiden Fällen wurden voneinander unabhängig Sonderermittler eingesetzt. Jack Smith untersucht, ob Trump oder seine Mitarbeiter nach dem Auszug aus dem Weißen Haus Anfang 2021 zu Unrecht geheime Aufzeichnungen auf …
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Berlin (Reuters) – Für über 800.000 Beschäftigte in der Leiharbeit gibt es eine Lohnerhöhung von bis zu 13 Prozent. Die Tarifgemeinschaft des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (DGB) sowie die Arbeitgeberverbände BAP ud iGZ hätten sich in der dritten Verhandlungsrunde auf einen Tarifabschluss verständigt, teilte DGB-Verhandlungsführer Stefan Körzell, am Freitag in Berlin mit. In den unteren Lohngruppen drei …
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COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s constitutional court on Friday affirmed the ruling coalition’s win in last weekend’s legislative election and the return to parliament of an opposition after boycotts and exclusions in previous elections. The final tally showed the two parties already in power – Union Progressiste le Renouveau and Bloc Republicain – came first and …
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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Flush with relief that U.S. inflation is indeed falling as fast as markets had hoped, investors now have to work out how the country’s biggest lenders are coping with the economic slowdown and higher interest rates keeping prices in check. Kicking …
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia’s largest state pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), is looking to sell local education assets worth more than 500 million ringgit ($115 million), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. EPF, which is also one of the world’s biggest pension funds with total assets of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China has set the import quota for fuel oil at 16.2 million tonnes for non state-owned firms in 2023, the commerce ministry said on Friday. About 165 firms are allowed to import the fuel oil, the ministry said. The volume is the same as 2022. (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by …
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