By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Hosts and favourites England were grouped with Australia and the United States while six-times winners New Zealand will face an awkward clash with Ireland after the draw for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup was made on Thursday. Reflecting huge growth in the women’s game, the tournament will feature an …
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By Hereward Holland and Ammu Kannampilly NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis. The National Assembly voted last week to impeach Gachagua, who …
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By James Mackenzie and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel confirmed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year, has been killed in Gaza, with Foreign Minister Israel Katz calling it a “victory for the entire free world”. There has been no official comment from Hamas but sources …
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(Reuters) -AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group said on Thursday its shares will resume Nasdaq trading on Monday after being halted following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. At that time, the stock traded under the ticker of Russian internet giant Yandex through its Amsterdam-based parent company. In July, a Russian consortium finalized a $5.4 billion …
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By Julien Pretot and Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) – French billionaire and LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault has teamed up with energy drinks company Red Bull to buy a controlling stake in French second-tier soccer club Paris FC, the Arnault family office said on Thursday. Agache, the Arnault family’s holding company, and Red Bull have entered …
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By Karen Brettell and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar surged to a fresh 11-week high on Thursday after data showed U.S. retail sales rose in September, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will pursue modest interest rate cuts over the next year and a half as the world’s largest economy remained …
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By Eliana Raszewski and Agustin Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Liam Payne, who shot to global fame with boy band One Direction, was found dead after he fell from a third-floor hotel room balcony in Buenos Aires, triggering an outpouring of tributes from fans. As news emerged of the 31-year-old English singer’s death, fans of one …
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By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pared their gains to end essentially unchanged on Thursday, while the Dow notched a record closing high as investors parsed an array of mixed quarterly earnings and digested a series of robust economic reports. Gold hit a record high as the safe-haven metal …
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By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -One Direction pop star Liam Payne died of multiple traumas and internal bleeding after plunging from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, prosecutors said on Thursday, adding an initial search suggested the fall came after substance abuse. Payne, 31, who shot to global fame with the boy band, was …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has approved conditional loan guarantee commitments totaling nearly $3 billion for two sustainable aviation fuel projects. The agency’s Loan Programs Office said the funding of up to $1.44 billion to Calumet’s unit would support the expansion of its facility in Montana. The facility will …
