(Reuters) – Russia’s navy fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. “In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships of the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a mock enemy sea target,” it said in a statement on its …
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By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Gwyneth Paltrow took the stand on Friday to testify that she was not at fault for a 2016 ski slope collision in Utah that left a man with a concussion and broken ribs, contradicting testimony from the lone witness to the incident. Paltrow, 50, said during cross examination …
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By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Sofia logs in to class on a laptop in Kabul for an online English course run by one of a growing number of educational institutes trying to reach Afghanistan’s girls and women digitally in their homes. But when the teacher calls on Sofia to read …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s top sugar-producing state, Maharashtra, could churn out nearly 16% less sugar than the previously estimated as mills are closing early due to limited availability of sugar cane, a senior state government official told Reuters on Monday. Lower sugar output could prevent the world’s second-biggest exporter from allowing additional exports, …
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By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp’s auction was supposed to ignite a race for top-dollar bids among global private equity firms. Instead, it brought months of uncertainty and a solitary, scaled-back offer from the company’s business partners in Japan. The $15 billion bid, led by domestic buyout firm Japan Industrial Partners …
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By Susan Mathew, Amruta Khandekar and Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – Regional U.S. lender First Citizens BancShares scooped up the assets of failed peer Silicon Valley Bank on Monday, in a vote of confidence for the battered banking sector that prompted a rally in bank shares. SVB’s collapse this month was the trigger for the worst …
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By Scott Murdoch and Mehnaz Yasmin (Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Monday they would backstop a deal for regional lender First Citizens BancShares to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank, triggering an estimated $20 billion hit to a government-run insurance fund. The deal comes after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) took over Silicon Valley …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine shut the eastern town of Avdiivka to non-military personnel on Monday, describing it as a post-apocalyptic wasteland, as Kyiv tried to break the back of Russia’s flagging winter offensive before a counter-assault of its own. A Ukrainian general said Kyiv was planning its next move after Moscow appeared …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and David Lawder (Reuters) – The Biden administration plans to send Mexico an “act now or else” message in coming weeks in an attempt to break a stalemate in an energy trade dispute as bipartisan calls grow for the U.S. to get tougher with its southern neighbor, according to people familiar with …
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By Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police fired teargas and water cannons at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday during a second week of protests against the government and high food prices, with one person shot dead in the western city of Kisumu. The clashes broke out as Odinga’s …
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