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Cricket-England’s Bairstow expresses sympathy for Foakes after being dropped

(Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow said he feels sympathy towards fellow wicketkeeper Ben Foakes after he was left out of the England test squad for the Ashes warm-up against Ireland. Foakes was dropped to accommodate stumper-batsman Bairstow, who scored six centuries in 2022 before suffering a leg injury in September that kept him out of the …

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Prince Harry, Meghan say they were pursued by paparazzi in New York

By Michael Holden and Jonathan Allen LONDON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic” car chase with press photographers after attending an awards ceremony in New York, Harry’s spokesperson said on Wednesday. The incident involved “a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi” in half a …

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Air raid alerts across Ukraine, military warns of strikes in Kyiv, other regions

(Reuters) -Air raid alerts were declared throughout the territory of Ukraine early on Thursday and the military warned of possible Russian missile strikes in a wide arc extending from Kyiv to central regions and the south. An hour after the warnings were issued, the Ukrainian Armed Forces Telegram channel told residents of the capital to …

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Nine dead in northern Italy floods, Formula One race called off

By Claudia Greco and Crispian Balmer BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) -Nine people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering floods and landslides, officials said on Wednesday. Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing …

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Chile greenlights mining tax reform that boosts government take

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Chile’s lower house of Congress gave final approval on Wednesday for a long-awaited mining tax reform that now requires only the signature of leftist President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law. The reform will require large copper and lithium producers that operate in the …

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EU pushes forward with post-Brexit forum for EU, UK financial regulators

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The European Union’s executive body said on Wednesday it has formally adopted a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) to allow financial regulators from Britain and the bloc to cooperate more closely, though stopping short of market access. Britain’s EU exit largely severed its financial sector’s previously unfettered access to the …

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Credit Suisse bond wipe-out will not trigger credit insurance payout

By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) -Holders of credit insurance linked to Credit Suisse bonds will not get a payout after a committee that adjudicates on disputes in the derivatives market said on Wednesday the bank’s state-engineered merger with UBS was not a credit event. The Swiss bank in March was taken over by UBS in …

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Erdogan rival sharpens tone on migrants before Turkey runoff

By Huseyin Hayatsever, Ali Kucukgocmen and Burcu Karakas ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Turkey’s presidential race accused the government on Wednesday of allowing 10 million “irregular” migrants to enter the country, marking a nationalist turn in his rhetoric ahead of a May 28 runoff vote. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, …

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Australia’s push for faster EV uptake will be slow to charge

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians are starting to buy electric vehicles in large numbers, and the government is trying to accelerate the adoption of cleaner cars, but industry executives say installing chargers rapidly enough to meet the boom will not be easy. Environmentally conscious Australians keen for electric vehicles got a boost last month …

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Tyre-makers under pressure as too much rubber hits the road

By Nick Carey and Barbara Lewis LONDON (Reuters) – Tyre-makers are under pressure to almost literally reinvent the wheel as regulators turn their scrutiny to tyre pollution that is set to surge with the rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and threatens to undermine those cars’ green credentials. When tyres make contact with the road, …

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