(Reuters) – UK’s competition regulator on Thursday launched a probe into auto parts provider LKQ Corp’s C$2.8 billion ($2.10 billion) deal to buy Uni-Select Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set a deadline of Aug. 10 for its preliminary decision. The deal, which was announced in February, is expected to help LKQ tap …
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By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – The conflict in Sudan hit the two-month mark on Thursday with no sign of a resolution as diplomatic peace efforts hit roadblocks and the risk of a broader ethnic war rises. Fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which a U.S. diplomat earlier …
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FREETOWN (Reuters) -Sierra Leone’s leading opposition candidate has called for the country’s electoral commissioners to resign a week before a presidential poll, saying his party did not believe in their ability to hold free and fair elections. Samura Kamara, head of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, said he wanted the chief electoral commissioner and …
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By Lisa Baertlein and Kanjyik Ghosh (Reuters) -The Longshore union and employers of 22,000 dockworkers at U.S. West Coast ports on Wednesday said they have reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, ending 13 months of talks and easing supply chain worries. The deal was reached with assistance from Acting U.S. Labor Secretary …
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By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Clooney Foundation for Justice has accused Venezuelan security forces of crimes against humanity against government opponents since 2014 in a legal complaint filed in Argentina on Wednesday. The foundation said that for lack of a response from Venezuelan authorities, it filed the complaint in Argentina where universal …
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(Reuters) – Unilever said on Wednesday it is set to acquire frozen yogurt brand Yasso Holdings in North America, adding to its roster of premium ice-cream brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, and Talenti. The consumer goods giant said its acquisition of Boulder, Colorado-based Yasso falls in line with its strategy to upscale the ice …
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security. Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 …
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(This June 14 story has been refiled to add the word “association” in paragraph 19) By Adam Makary CAIRO (Reuters) – Kidney dialysis patients are dying and dead bodies have been left to decompose in a morgue and in city streets as Sudan’s war rages on, despite efforts by volunteers and aid workers to keep …
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By Ellen Zhang and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s economy stumbled in May with industrial output and retail sales growth missing forecasts, adding to expectations that Beijing will need to do more to shore up a shaky post-pandemic recovery. The economic rebound seen earlier this year has lost momentum in the second quarter, prompting China’s …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – After a week of heavy fighting, the real tests of Kyiv’s counteroffensive lie ahead, with Ukrainian troops some distance from Russia’s main defensive line and the bulk of forces prepared for the push still on standby. Ukraine struck in two areas along the southeastern front last week as it …
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