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Soccer-England skipper Williamson to miss World Cup with knee ligament injury

LONDON (Reuters) -England captain Leah Williamson said she will miss the women’s World Cup after Arsenal confirmed she had suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in a Women’s Super League match against Manchester United. Williamson, 26, went down in pain 12 minutes into their 1-0 loss to United on Wednesday and was helped off the …

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Britain’s CBI group suspends work as businesses quit over rape allegations

By Iain Withers, Paul Sandle and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The Confederation of British Industry said on Friday that it was suspending all policy and membership work until June, after a slew of businesses quit following a new media report about another alleged rape at the trade association. Major British corporate names including NatWest, …

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US dollar flat to modestly higher as upbeat data backs May rate hike

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was little changed to slightly higher against major currencies on Friday, as business activity data suggested that the world’s largest economy remained resilient, supporting expectations of another 25-basis-point interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve at next month’s policy meeting. Against commodity currencies, the greenback …

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Factbox-2024 US presidential election: who is in, who is out and who is still thinking about it

By Ross Colvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden may announce his re-election campaign by video next week, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as most Republican hopefuls are still trying to decide whether to challenge former President Donald Trump. Here is a list of declared candidates and other potential 2024 …

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UK local authority loses bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at air base

LONDON (Reuters) – A local authority in southeastern England on Friday lost a bid at London’s High Court to stop the British government from accommodating asylum seekers at a former military base. Braintree District Council, in Essex to the northeast of London, had sought an injunction to prevent the Home Office (interior ministry) housing up …

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‘This is madness’: Libya’s bitter divisions split Eid holiday

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyans are celebrating Islam’s Eid al-Fitr holiday – and ending their month-long Ramadan fast – on different days this year because of bitter political splits that persist despite years of peace efforts. Religious authorities in east Libya, aligned with the parliament which is based there, said they had sighted the crescent …

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Freeport-McMoRan signals more pain from labor shortages as profit slumps

By Ankit Kumar (Reuters) -Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s first-quarter profit more than halved as the copper miner struggled with an industry-wide talent crunch and warned that tight labor market conditions would persist in the U.S. through the year. Its shares fell 5.6% to $39 on Friday after the company also cautioned that protests in Peru remain an …

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