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Cricket-India’s Siraj and Australia’s Head sanctioned for Adelaide altercation

(Reuters) – Mohammed Siraj and Travis Head have been slapped with demerit points for their bust-up in the second test between India and Australia while the Indian fast bowler was also fined 20% of his match fee, the International Cricket Council said on Monday. The duo had a fiery exchange after Siraj dismissed Australia batter …

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LG Electronics’ India arm files for IPO amid strong consumer durables demand (Dec 6)

(This Dec. 6 story has been corrected to say foreign investors turned net ‘buyers,’ not ‘sellers,’ in paragraph 5) By Manvi Pant and Hritam Mukherjee (Reuters) – The Indian unit of South Korea’s LG Electronics filed for an initial public offering on Friday to cash in on the country’s growing demand for consumer durables amid …

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Indian telco Vodafone Idea to raise $234 million via share issue

(Reuters) -Vodafone Idea will raise up to 19.80 billion rupees ($233.8 million) through the issue of preferential shares, the Indian telecom company said on Monday. Vodafone Idea said it will issue shares to Vodafone Group entities Omega Telecom Holdings and Usha Martin Telematics worth up to 12.8 billion rupees and 7 billion rupees, respectively. The …

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Intel should have focused on AI rather than chipmaking, TSMC founder says

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Intel should have focused on artificial intelligence rather than trying to become a contract chipmaker, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Monday, in relation to the recent departure of Intel’s CEO. Morris Chang, at an event to launch his autobiography, said he did not know why Pat Gelsinger left …

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French film director accused of abusing actress Adèle Haenel goes on trial

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – French film director Christophe Ruggia goes on trial on Monday on charges of sexually abusing actress Adèle Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema. Haenel, a prize-winning actress in movies such as “Portrait of a Lady On Fire”, has …

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India questions Musk’s Starlink for more clues in $4.2 billion drug smuggling case

By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian police have sent a legal demand to Elon Musk’s Starlink seeking details of who purchased its internet device that helps in sea navigation when smugglers with $4.2 billion worth of meth were caught in the biggest such Indian seizure. Two people with direct knowledge of …

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Demand for UK workers crashes in budget aftermath, REC survey shows

By Andy Bruce (Reuters) -Demand for workers in Britain collapsed last month after the new Labour government’s first budget, a survey published on Monday showed, adding to other signs of the impact of the tax increases on employers. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation trade body and accountants KPMG said their index of demand for staff …

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Trump says personal lawyer Habba to serve as presidential counselor, Truth Social post says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-Elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that his personal lawyer, Alina Habba, will serve as counselor to the president in his upcoming second term. Trump said in a Truth Social post that Habba had shown “unwavering loyalty” as part of Trump’s legal team across several criminal and civil trials, and called her a …

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