By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco received a record 15.9 million tourists in the first 11 months of this year, surpassing the total in the entire previous year, the tourism ministry said on Monday. Tourism accounts for about 7% of the North African country’s gross domestic product and is a key source of jobs …
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(Reuters) – Unilever said on Monday CFO Fernando Fernandez would take on more responsibilities, including overseeing supply chain and procurement, as the company overhauls its operations to focus on its “power” brands. The FTSE 100 company said Fernandez would also look into digital, technology and business services, and would get a 7.5% fixed pay rise. …
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(Reuters) – Girona will need to be more aggressive and outwork Liverpool when the two teams meet in a Champions League clash at the Montilivi Stadium, the Spanish club’s coach Michel said on Monday. Girona, who finished third in LaLiga last season, currently sit in ninth place in the Spanish top-flight and are on a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will limit engagement with the Georgian government and restrict defence cooperation, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Monday in a statement condemning violence against protestors and journalists there. The South Caucasus country of 3.7 million people has been rocked by protests since late November after the ruling Georgian Dream party announced …
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – An extraordinary year for investors is poised to end with a monetary policy bang, with almost every G10 central bank scheduled to deliver interest rate decisions over a 10-day period this month. Â Â Â Four of the G10 central banks meet this week and five, including the Federal Reserve, …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian group Hamas congratulated the Syrian people on Monday for achieving their “aspirations for freedom and justice” after toppling President Bashar al-Assad. It was Hamas’ first public comment since rebel forces swept into the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent Assad fleeing to Russia …
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By Andrew Osborn and Maxim Rodionov (Reuters) -Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said earlier that …
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By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank will again cut its key policy rate by 25 basis points on Dec. 12, according to an over-85% majority of economists polled by Reuters, with most expecting the rate to reach near-zero in 2025, lower than previously thought. Financial market pricing is pushing more toward …
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By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -France’s far-right National Rally (RN) suffered a surprise by-election loss late on Sunday, in what its critics said was a sign of voters punishing it for its push last week to topple former Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government. The close vote in the Ardennes left Marine Le Pen’s RN with …
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By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) – French luxury goods group Kering is negotiating with the Italian tax authorities to settle a tax probe centred on its Alexander McQueen fashion brand, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. Prosecutors in Florence had opened an investigation for omitted tax declarations for the …
