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Firefighters battle bushfires in Australia’s Perth in rare spring heatwave
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters were tackling bushfires that destroyed homes in the city of Perth amid a rare spring heatwave in Western Australia, with temperatures expected to reach ...
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Marketmind: Watching what the ECB giveth
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan. The minutes of the European Central Bank's October meeting and flash PMIs for a host of European countries are Thursday's...
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Sultan al-Jaber: the UAE oil boss steering COP28
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - Sultan al-Jaber, the United Arab Emirates oil chief executive and leader of COP28 climate talks, has a formidable reputation for earnestly pursuing results. His posi...
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Macron to unveil 2.1 billion eur Novo Nordisk pharma investment in France
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday inaugurate a 2.1 billion euro ($2.3 billion) investment by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in France, his office said, pi...
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Japan’s Mizuho applies to set up securities company in China
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Mizuho Financial Group has sought to establish a securities company in China, becoming the latest foreign firm to make inroads into China's onshore securities market w...
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AustralianSuper to reject Brookfield’s new $10.6 billion proposal for Origin Energy
(Reuters) - Origin Energy's largest shareholder AustralianSuper said on Thursday it will vote against a latest revised $10.6 billion takeover bid from a Brookfield-led consortium, reiterating its view...
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Biden administration defends West Point’s race-conscious admissions policy
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday urged a federal judge to reject a legal challenge to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's consideration of race in admissions, sa...
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Thai economy in ‘crisis’ and needs major stimulus – PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Thursday the country's economy was in "crisis", stressing the need to forge ahead with his controversial 500 billion baht ($14.23 billi...
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China wealth manager Zhongzhi flags insolvency, liabilities of $64 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Zhongzhi Enterprise Group told investors it is heavily insolvent with liabilities of up to $64 billion, more than double its assets, as one of the country's leading wealth m...
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Actor Jamie Foxx accused of sexual abuse in New York lawsuit
By Dawn Chmielewski and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he groped a woman at a rooft...
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