By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability. Magar, 43, climbed the 8,848-metre (29,032-foot) Everest on artificial legs on Friday and is now taking rest at the base camp, said Pravat Adhikari …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -British equities fell on Tuesday as uncertainties surrounding a U.S. debt ceiling deal dented sentiment, while Burberry slipped, tracking wider declines across European luxury stocks. The FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, down after three sessions in the green, while the FTSE 250 midcap index lost 0.3%. White House …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -International securities watchdog IOSCO unveiled on Tuesday the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset and digital markets, drawing on lessons from last year’s collapse of the FTX exchange that fuelled concerns over consumer protection. The industry, which typically only has to comply with anti-money laundering checks, has been calling for …
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By Catherine Schenck HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country’s most populous province. The health department in Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres (31 …
(Refiles to add dropped word in paragraph one) By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s palm oil imports in May are set to fall to their lowest in 27 months as its rare premium over other edible oils prompted buyers to cancel cargoes and replace them with soyoil and sunflower oil, dealers and cargo surveyors …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country’s former president, faces being dragged into a $400 million London lawsuit brought by Angolan telecoms operator Unitel. Unitel sued dos Santos’ Dutch company Unitel International Holdings (UIH) in 2020 over loans that were provided to fund UIH’s acquisition of shares …
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By Thomas Newey CANNES (Reuters) – For Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival’s official selection as weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes. “I feel immensely honoured and very happy that the …
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By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed to pay a substantial settlement a former prosecutor who was wrongfully fired while leading one of the agency’s highest-profile bribery investigations. Â Â Â Tom Martin, who led the British part of the global investigation into the Ahsani family and their Monaco-based energy consultancy …
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By Sethuraman N R MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee closed higher for the first time in five sessions on Tuesday when investors evaluated hawkish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials and progress in the debt ceiling talks. The rupee closed up at 82.80 to the U.S. dollar compared with a close at 82.8275 in …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares advanced on Tuesday, aided by a broad-based rally across sectors and powered by Adani group stocks, while a slide in the high-weightage IT stocks capped gains amid uncertainty over the U.S. debt ceiling talks. The blue-chip Nifty 50 index closed 0.18% higher at 18,348. IST, while the benchmark …
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