VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s caretaker government said on Monday it had ordered a halt to the processing of asylum applications by Syrians after rebels seized Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia after 13 years of civil war. The civil war forced millions of Syrians to flee the country. They were a large proportion …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has put all asylum applications from Syrian nationals on hold until further notice after the toppling Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, an Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Asylum requests will be not be processed until there is more clarity on political developments in the …
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(Reuters) -India’s Adani Group will invest over 7.5 trillion rupees ($88.5 billion) in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, a top executive said on Monday, marking the group’s first major investment since the U.S. indictment of its billionaire founder. The announcement, at an event in Jaipur city attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes less than …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday named former lawmaker Margaret Hodge as its new ‘Anti-Corruption Champion’ to help coordinate efforts between parliament, the private sector and civil society to clamp down on all forms of corruption. Hodge was a lawmaker in the governing Labour Party who spent much of her 30-year political career campaigning against …
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(Reuters) – House prices in England grew increasingly unaffordable in 2023 with an even worse picture in London, according to figures published on Monday that underlined the scale of Britain’s housing crisis. The average house price was equivalent to 8.6 years’ worth of household income, at 298,000 pounds ($380,337.40), up from 8.4 years in 2022, …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced several measures to prop up Germany’s ailing steel sector on Monday after he met with industry representatives to discuss high energy prices, cheap Asian competition and an economic downturn. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Scholz said he would initiate the extension of state aid allowing employers …
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THE HAGUE – Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court asked judges on Monday to find two men accused of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014 guilty of all the charges against them. In their closing arguments, prosecutors said they had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Patrice-Edouard …
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GQEBERHA, South Africa (Reuters) -Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the series. Maharaj finished with figures of 5-76 as South Africa took 70 minutes to dismiss …
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By Andreas Rinke KYIV (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, used an election-time visit to Kyiv to condemn his country’s policy on arming Ukraine as akin to making the country fight with one arm tied behind its back. Merz, leader of the opposition conservatives, is a critic of Chancellor …
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By Federico Maccioni ABU DHABI (Reuters) -U.S.-listed direct lender and private credit manager Golub Capital is opening an office in the UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi, it said on Monday, joining dozens of other firms looking to grow their business in the region and deepen ties with its wealth funds. Golub, which had more than $70 …
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