LONDON (Reuters) – London is underprepared for the heatwaves, flooding and rising sea levels it is forecast to experience in coming years, a report commissioned by Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Wednesday. The report, which was ordered after soaring temperatures, wildfires and floods all hit the capital in recent years, said a “step change” in …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, has undergone successful planned abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for up to two weeks, while King Charles will also undergo treatment for an enlarged prostate, royal officials said on Wednesday. Kate, 42, the wife of heir to the throne Prince William, had been admitted to the …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust regulator can demand information from companies based outside the United Kingdom, the Court of Appeal in London ruled on Wednesday in a case arising from an investigation into BMW and Volkswagen. The German carmakers challenged the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) power to request documents and information as part of an …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand extended its losses against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, as the greenback hit a one-month high due to lowered expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in March. At 1512 GMT, the rand traded at 19.1050 against the dollar, about 0.8% weaker than its previous close, after losing …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s blue-chip indexes posted their worst session in 19 months on Wednesday, led by a slide in top private lender HDFC Bank after its quarterly results. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 shed 2.09% to 21,571.95, while the S&P BSE Sensex lost 2.23% to 71,500.76. Both indexes posted their biggest single-day …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has sanctioned two individuals, three entities and 11 ships linked to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Faced with drawn-out gridlock at the United Nations, Seoul has turned to slapping sanctions on Pyongyang independently or together with Washington and Tokyo, seeking to …
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By James Oliphant and Gram Slattery ATKINSON, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Donald Trump and his Republican opponents kicked off a week of campaigning in New Hampshire on Tuesday ahead of the state’s nominating contest, with the ex-president’s competitors battling to slow his march to the party’s White House nomination. A day after Iowans gave him an …
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By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -Vivek Ramaswamy, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid on Monday and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high enough in the Republican Party’s first nominating contest in Iowa. Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old born in Ohio to immigrant parents from southern …
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By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Victor Li is determined to get married soon, but like many other young Chinese grappling with an uncertain economic outlook, the well-heeled Shanghai entrepreneur isn’t sure he can afford to. “It’s very expensive for us to get married, especially in a big city like Shanghai,” the 32-year-old said, as he …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office on Tuesday called on the U.S. state of Alabama to halt its first planned execution of a prisoner by nitrogen gas asphyxiation this month, saying it could amount to torture and violate U.S. commitments under international law. Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, is …
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