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By Graham Fahy and Steve Holland BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden gave a rousing campaign-style speech to an exuberant crowd in his ancestral home town in the west of Ireland on Friday to wrap up a nostalgic three-day state visit ahead of what is expected to be a gruelling 2024 re-election bid. Biden …

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BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with …

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(Reuters) – Finnish forestry group UPM’s pulp mill in Uruguay has received authorization for its new Paso de los Toros pulp mill from the environmental authorities, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The mill will commence operations immediately, and first customer deliveries are expected to ship in May, it said. The company had …

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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – A coalition of 15 major investors managing 2.4 trillion pounds ($3 trillion) will use this year’s shareholder meeting season to press some of Britain’s biggest listed employers to protect their lowest-paid workers during the cost-of-living crisis. Responsible investment group ShareAction, which brought the group together, said on Friday investors …

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BALLINA, Ireland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden delighted thousands of locals from his Irish ancestral home of Ballina on Friday when he saved the final words of his Ireland tour to back their Gaelic football team to break a famous decades-long curse. The proud Irish-American, wrapping up a nostalgic three-day visit to Ireland with …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Take That will star in an eclectic lineup at a concert to celebrate King Charles’ coronation next month, billed by organisers as a chance to celebrate a new chapter in Britain’s history. The formal coronation ceremony for Charles, who became king on the death of his mother …

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By Gabriel Araujo RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – BAE Systems Plc is scheduling a test of its CV90 armored combat vehicle in Brazil this year, an executive told Reuters, as it seeks to provide information about the product to local armed forces ahead of a potential purchase decision. BAE’s vice president for international market creation, …

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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -Rheinmetall, suffered a cyber attack to the division of its business dealing with industrial customers, mostly in the automotive sector, the company said on Friday, adding its military division was unaffected. “Rheinmetall is currently investigating the extent of the damages and is in close contact with the relevant authorities,” a spokesperson said. …

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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s stock market watchdog Consob is scrutinising the government’s CEO nominee at defence group Leonardo after an opposition lawmaker raised potential conflict-of-interest issues, sources at the regulator said on Friday. Italy’s Treasury on Wednesday tapped former Energy and Environment Minister Roberto Cingolani to take charge of Leonardo, as part of a round …

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