MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities will investigate an incident at a gold mine in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero which killed three workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. Canadian company Torex Gold, which operates the mine, reported on Thursday that two employees and a contractor had been killed after being exposed to …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine showed off a new locally-produced “rocket-drone” on Friday which it said could fly 700 km (430 miles) – more than twice the longest range attributed to missiles supplied by Western allies. The unmanned craft, called “Peklo” – which means hell in Ukrainian – is the …
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MILAN (Reuters) -Italian bank Banco BPM is preparing to hire Citigroup and Lazard to advise over how to confront a takeover bid by rival UniCredit which has thwarted its growth strategy, three people close to the matter said. Banco BPM, Citi and Lazard all declined to comment. Banco BPM has rebuffed UniCredit’s 10.1 billion euro …
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By Luiza Ilie, Lili Bayer, Andrew Gray BUCHAREST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Calin Georgescu, whose stunning victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election was declared void on Friday, is a hard-right, self-styled outsider critical of NATO who wants to end his country’s support for its neighbour Ukraine. Romania’s top court annulled the results of the Nov. …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral, five years after being devastated by a fire, was supposed to be Emmanuel Macron’s triumph. The French president has often used the reconstruction of Notre-Dame as a parable for his own fortunes, repeating that he was ridiculed in 2019 when he promised to rebuild …
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By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said it has quit a sector coalition aimed at aligning bank lending and investment activities with global efforts to fight climate change, becoming the most high-profile member to leave the group. The U.S. investment bank’s decision comes against a backdrop of pressure from some …
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OSLO (Reuters) -The value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, rose to a record 20 trillion crowns ($1.80 trillion) on Friday, doubling its value in just five years as oil and gas revenue flowed in and stock markets rose. Built since 1996 as rainy-day savings, the fund owns about 1.5% of all listed …
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MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – The European Union and four South American countries on Friday finalized a free trade agreement that took over two decades to negotiate. Before implementation, however, the accord faces a key test in Europe amid stiff resistance from France and some other EU members. WHAT COMES NEXT? The Mercosur bloc’s four founding members …
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(Reuters) -Country Garden said on Friday the Shanghai Stock Exchange would impose self-regulatory measures on the embattled property developer, its chairman, chief financial officer and president due to the failure to publish its 2023 annual report on time. The Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange have also made the decision to impose self-regulatory …
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By Ju-min Park and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s ruling party leader said President Yoon Suk Yeol needed to be removed from power for trying to impose martial law, increasing the pressure on him to quit even though members of his People Power Party late on Friday reaffirmed its formal opposition to his impeachment. …
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