DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish factory activity contracted for the second straight month in December, and at the same pace as November, after another sharp decline in new orders countered a slightly slower deterioration in output, a survey showed on Tuesday. The AIB S&P Global manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was unchanged in December after falling …
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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – As casinos in Macau begin new licenses to operate in the world’s biggest gambling hub on Jan. 1, the stakes are high on whether they will be able to successfully deliver on a government mandate to diversify away from their cash-cow: gambling. For the last 20 years, Sands …
(Reuters) – Millions of low-income households in Britain will receive cost-of-living support from the government of up to 900 pounds ($1,084) over the financial year, the country’s Department of Work and Pensions said on Tuesday. The money will directly go to claimants’ bank accounts in three payments over the financial year, the department said in …
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(Reuters) – Japan’s “anti-Russian course” makes peace treaty talks impossible, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in comments published by the state TASS news agency on Tuesday. Russia and Japan have not formally ended World War Two hostilities because of their standoff over islands, seized by the Soviet Union at the end of the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Capitol Police are prepared for any possible future attacks on Congress, its chief said on Monday ahead of the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack and the dissolution of the congressional panel investigating it. “The current threat climate, particularly against elected officials, will require continued and heightened vigilance,” …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British companies’ appetite to borrow and issue debt is at the lowest level since the financial crisis, with demand for credit well below average levels and flagging, according to Deloitte’s quarterly survey of chief financial officers. Some 70% of the CFOs surveyed rated credit as “costly”, reflecting a rise in Britain’s base …
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(Reuters) – Passengers from China who arrive in the United Kingdom next week will not face compulsory COVID-19 tests on arrival, The Independent reported on Monday. Testing at Heathrow Airport will be voluntary and those who test positive will neither be quarantined nor ordered to self-isolate, the report added. Britain last week had said that …
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(Reuters) – Britain will officially declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph reported on Monday, citing sources. The move, which will be announced within weeks, is supported by Britain’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, …
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(Reuters) -A problem with a critical air traffic control system that caused flight delays at major airports in Florida on Monday has been fixed, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. “The computer issue has been resolved. The FAA is working toward safely returning to a normal traffic rate in the Florida airspace,” the U.S. agency …
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By Soo-hyang Choi and Trevor Hunnicutt SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is not discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea, President Joe Biden said on Monday, contradicting remarks by his South Korean counterpart as tensions flare with North Korea. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had said that Seoul and Washington are discussing possible joint exercises …
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