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Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
NAHR-E-SHAHI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the arid earth. In the third year of water shortages and high temperatures, ...
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Italy repatriates looted ancient artefacts from the U.S
ROME (Reuters) - Italy said it repatriated 266 ancient artefacts worth tens of millions of euros from the United States, where they had been brought and sold during the late 1990s by an international ...
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China July new bank loans tumble, credit growth weakens further
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new bank loans tumbled in July from a month earlier and other key credit gauges also weakened, even after policymakers cut interest rates and promised to roll ...
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US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that projects in Texas and Louisiana to remove more than 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions will get ove...
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Private equity firm CVC bags $4.45 billion so far in sixth Asia-focused fund
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Europe-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has raised over $4.45 billion so far for its new Asia-focused fund, its latest regulatory disclosure showed. CVC ...
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China floods hit rice, corn crops; trigger food inflation worries
By Naveen Thukral and Qin Ningwei SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods have damaged corn and rice crops in China's key northern grain-producing belt, traders and analysts said, with more rain in the f...
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Davidson Kempner agrees sale of credit manager Prelios to ION Group
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner has struck a deal to sell Italian credit manager Prelios to ION Group, it said on Friday. ION, a financial technology and media group led by Italian...
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China’s Huawei reports small revenue bump on back of core businesses
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies saw modest revenue growth in the first half of the year, with its core information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and consum...
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Hong Kong Q2 GDP expands 1.5% y/y
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy expanded 1.5% in the second quarter from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, adding that inbound tourism and private consumption will remain the...
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Siemens Gamesa has fix for onshore wind turbine problem
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens Energy has fixed quality issues at onshore wind turbines it is currently selling to customers, the CEO of the group's wind division Siemens Gamesa said on Friday, adding ...
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