LONDON (Reuters) – British shopper numbers at stores on Boxing Day rose from a year earlier, especially in London, research data showed on Wednesday, marking a strong start to the post-Christmas bargain-hunting spree. Research group MRI Software said footfall rose 4% across all UK retail destinations on Dec. 26. Known in Britain as Boxing Day, …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths including 20 in one attack after Israel’s military chief said the war on Hamas would grind on for months. Reflecting Israeli resolve to wipe out Hamas …
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By Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines on Wednesday pre-qualified four bidders for a 170.6 billion pesos ($3 billion) upgrade of its main international airport, the transportation ministry said. The aging Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the fifth largest in Southeast Asia, needs an upgrade to solve chronic flight delays and …
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By Manvi Pant and Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s benchmark indexes resumed their record-breaking run on Wednesday, boosted by a global rally on renewed optimism that the U.S. central bank would start cutting rates by as soon as next March. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 and the S&P BSE Sensex both hit all-time highs …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police this year have cracked down on hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud cases using fabricated government documents to attract investment in fake national projects, state media reported on Tuesday. Public security agencies have solved a total of more than 260 cases this year and taken down 180 criminal groups …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor who drew global attention with his performance as the wealthy patriarch in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite”, was found dead on Wednesday in an apparent suicide in a Seoul park, officials in the capital said. Lee, 48, who met a gory end …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee weakened on Wednesday, pressured by dollar demand from large foreign banks, even as most of the local unit’s Asian peers ticked higher. The rupee was at 83.2475 against the U.S. dollar as of 10:00 a.m. IST, lower by 0.07% compared to its close of 83.1925 in …
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(Reuters) -Manchester United said it could coerce Jim Ratcliffe under certain circumstances to divest his ownership in the British soccer club at least 18 months after the billionaire closes his acquisition of a 25% stake in the company. It made the disclosure in a regulatory filing on Tuesday, but did not specify the circumstances. Manchester …
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By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) -High food prices in recent years have prompted farmers worldwide to plant more cereals and oilseeds, but consumers are set to face tighter supplies well into 2024, amid adverse El Nino weather, export restrictions and higher biofuel mandates. Global wheat, corn and soybean prices – after several years of strong …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Shipments of Russian Sokol crude oil to Indian Oil Corp have been delayed by payment problems, forcing India’s biggest refiner to draw from its inventories and buy more oil from the Middle East, two sources familiar with the matter said. IOC is the only state refiner that has an …
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