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Explainer-Sri Lanka on the edge as debt burden mounts
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is facing its most serious financial crisis in years, raising doubts about its ability to pay its creditors. On Tu...
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Leftists Scholz and Sanchez try to coordinate on budgets, migration
By Andreas Rinke and Beln Carreo MADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will seek consensus during talks in Madrid on Monday over more left-le...
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Shell says electricity to meet 60% of China’s energy use by 2060
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China may triple electricity generation to supply 60% of the country's total energy under Beijing's carbon-neutral goal by 2060, up from the current 23%, Royal Dutch Shell said o...
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Another midterm worry for Biden White House: probes and impeachment attempts
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. midterm elections are some 10 months away, but President Joe Biden's administration and allies already foresee a possible scenario in ...
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Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic uncertainty, Omicron, ILO says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The global job market will taker longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment levels set to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least 2023 due to...
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Family of Martin Luther King Jr. to lead Washington march for voting rights
By Jan Wolfe and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Descendants of the slain civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and their supporters plan to march on Washington on Monday to urge Presi...
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Singapore central bank considers action against OCBC for phishing scam
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's central bank said on Monday it will consider supervisory action against the country's second-biggest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), after hundreds of its...
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China’s Xi says countries should strengthen economic policy coordination
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that countries should strengthen economic policy coordination and prevent the world economy from dipping again. The world should foster ...
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Euro zone mulls how to make governments respect EU fiscal rules
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers will start a discussion on Monday on how to change the often-broken EU fiscal rules so that governments actually observe them, a eu...
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Credit Suisse Chairman Horta-Osorio resigns over COVID-19 breaches
LONDON (Reuters) - The departure of Credit Suisse chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has raised concern about whether the embattled lender will stick to its strategic overhaul plans after he was hired to h...
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