By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Shell Plc on Monday launched its first electric ferry globally at its Singapore refinery and said it would work with the city-state’s port authority to cut emissions from ships. The move is a step towards meeting the Singapore port authority’s rule that all new harbour craft operating in its waters …
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By Iain Withers and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Digital finance firms in Britain will find it tougher to raise funds due to higher interest rates and investor caution after the collapse of U.S.-based technology lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), executives told an industry event on Monday. The Bank of England has raised interest rates 11 …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -A man suspected of throwing a smoke bomb toward Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had a track record of suing the government, claiming he was unfairly barred from running in national elections, Japanese media reported on Tuesday. Ryuji Kimura filed suit in Kobe district court last June, claiming he could not run for …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – J-Hope, a member of Grammy-nominated K-pop boy band BTS, began his mandatory military service in South Korea on Tuesday, the second member of the group to do so. The singer kept a low profile as a van carrying him entered the venue for his military enlistment ceremony in the city of Wonju, …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – Twenty-nine women from political and civic society were honoured on Monday at an event to mark 25 years of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said would not have been possible without them. Clinton, the chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast who in …
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By Kevin Yao and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the first quarter, as the end of strict COVID curbs lifted businesses and consumers out of crippling pandemic disruptions, although headwinds from a global slowdown point to a bumpy ride ahead. More than a year-long sweeping streak of …
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By Jack Queen (Reuters) – One of the most closely watched U.S. media trials in decades kicks off in a Delaware court on Tuesday as Fox Corp and Fox News face a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s coverage of false claims that the ballot-counter company rigged the 2020 presidential …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares extended losses for a second session on Tuesday, dragged by financials and as sentiment soured after Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys Ltd reported weak quarterly earnings amid uncertainty over client spending. The Nifty 50 fell 0.26% to 17,660.15, while the S&P BSE Sensex closed 0.31% lower to …
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By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee eased against the dollar on Tuesday as Treasury yields rose on increasing bets of a Federal Reserve rate hike following more robust U.S. data. The rupee finished at 82.04 per dollar, compared with 81.9725 in the previous session. The dollar index gave up gains late in …
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(Reuters) – China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected clip in the first quarter, official data showed on Tuesday, expanding 4.5% year-on-year, as policymakers move to bolster growth following the end of strict COVID-19 curbs in December. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected gross domestic product (GDP) to expand 4.0% from a year earlier, quickening from …
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