By Bhargav Acharya and Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s energy regulator on Thursday approved an 18.65% power price rise for beleaguered state utility Eskom for the financial year starting on April 1, less than the company requested. Eskom had sought an increase of more than 32%, citing higher fuel costs, depreciation of its …
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13 ene (Reuters) – Un representante del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores ruso afirmó el viernes que Bielorrusia podría entrar en la guerra en Ucrania si Kiev decide “invadir” cualquiera de los dos países. Rusia, que utilizó a Bielorrusia como trampolín para invadir Ucrania en febrero de 2022, ha desplegado desde octubre tropas en suelo bielorruso …
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BUDAPEST, 13 ene (Reuters) – Un hombre hirió con un cuchillo a tres agentes de policía en Budapest a última hora del jueves, uno de los cuales murió en un hospital, informó la policía húngara en un comunicado el viernes. El sospechoso intentaba entrar en un piso de un bloque de apartamentos de Budapest cuando llamaron …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said. Dbeibah’s Government of National Unity announced the visit on its Facebook page, posting a picture of Burns and Dbeibah together. Two sources close to eastern …
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said sticking to a plan to halve inflation would help the economy grow again after official data showed gross domestic product rose 0.1% in November, a better result than had been expected by economists. “The most important help we can give is to stick to the plan …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s government and trade unions on Thursday agreed to increase all public servants’ salaries by 30% for 2023, they said in a joint statement, as the country struggles to reduce debt and tackle rampant inflation. The West African gold, oil and cocoa producer is battling its worst economic crisis in a generation. …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new global sovereign debt “roundtable” that will include China, other creditors and some borrowing countries will meet for the first time next month on the sidelines of a Group of 20 finance officials meeting in India, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. Georgieva, the first person …
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Por Ann Saphir y Howard Schneider 12 ene (Reuters) – Los responsables de la política monetaria de la Reserva Federal expresaron el jueves su alivio por el hecho de que la inflación siguiera bajando en diciembre, lo que allana el camino para una posible subida de los tipos de interés de un cuarto de punto …
Por Bernard Orr y Ellen Zhang PEKÍN, 13 ene (Reuters) – Se espera que el pico de la ola de COVID-19 en China dure de dos a tres meses y pronto se extienda por las vastas zonas rurales, donde los recursos médicos son relativamente escasos, según ha comunicado un epidemiólogo chino destacado. Se prevé que …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Companies are increasingly prioritising skills development rather than offering life-long careers, as technological change drives skills shortages in a post-pandemic world, the CEO of U.S. staffing company ManpowerGroup said. Employers “are not promising a 15-year-long career. But they are promising that when you join that organisation you will develop skills that make …
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