BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters in the Slovak capital held banners and chanted slogans on Friday accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging the country towards Russia after he met President Vladimir Putin last month amid a gas dispute with Ukraine. Slovakia has argued with Ukraine over its decision to halt the transit of …
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Por Shashwat Chauhan, Nikhil Sharma y Pranav Kashyap 10 ene (Reuters) – Las acciones europeas sufrieron el viernes su mayor caída en tres semanas, después de que un sólido informe sobre el empleo en Estados Unidos avivó el temor a la inflación y reforzó las expectativas de que la Reserva Federal se muestre prudente a …
By Andrew Chung, John Kruzel and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Supreme Court justices indicated skepticism on Friday toward a challenge by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to a law that would force a sale or ban the widely used short-video app by Jan. 19 in the United States in a case that pits …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in 2018, said on Friday it had made a 2.15 billion pound ($2.65 billion) legal claim against Italian defence company Leonardo in a London court. The action, which claims for loss of earnings and other damages, represented the largest fatal …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has demanded more information from authorities in Iran after a Swiss citizen died in prison in the Islamic Republic. A Swiss national who was arrested in Iran and accused of spying took his own life in prison on Thursday, the chief justice of Iran’s Semnan province was quoted as saying by the …
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By Clauda Tanios and Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes bombed a power station and two ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Friday in retaliation for Houthi drone and missile strikes against Israel, and pro-Houthi media said at least one person had been killed and nine wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Iran-backed …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal investigating agency has alleged that Diageo and Sequoia Capital made suspicious payments to a politician’s firm in an attempt to attain favourable government decisions, a document reviewed by Reuters on Friday showed. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleges that Diageo Scotland made a suspicious transfer …
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By James Davey and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s big retailers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Next, say they are stepping up their drive for efficiency through automation and other measures, to limit the impact of rising costs on the prices they charge their customers. As the UK economy struggles to grow, the new Labour …
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SANTIAGO, 10 ene (Reuters) -La producción de cobre de la estatal chilena Codelco y de la gigante privada Escondida avanzó en noviembre, compensando un retroceso en Collahuasi, según cifras divulgadas el viernes por el Gobierno. La estatal Comisión Chilena del Cobre (Cochilco) informó que la producción total de Codelco, mayor productora mundial del metal rojo, …
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(Reuters) – The European Commission on Friday said it had approved under conditions the takeover by chip design software maker Synopsys of software company Ansys, a $35 billion cash-and-stock deal announced in January last year. The deal would see Synopsys snap up the maker of software used in creating products from airplanes to tennis rackets …
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