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Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices, encourages people to work from home
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hiked petrol prices by 20%-24% on Tuesday and also increased diesel prices by 35%-38%, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. In a message on Twitter, Wijese...
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Airbnb says will shut domestic business in China from July 30
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Vacation rental firm Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday it will shut down all listings and experiences in China from July 30. The company made the announcement in a letter posted to its o...
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Safe-haven dollar bounces, Aussie slides as Snapchat sours mood
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven dollar clawed back some of its overnight losses on Tuesday and the yen also strengthened as U.S. stock futures sank following a profit warning from S...
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Punk hits red carpet at premiere of Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols mini-series
By Kristian Brunse LONDON (Reuters) - The Sex Pistols grabbed the limelight in London 45 years after they first convulsed Britain, as members Steve Jones and Paul Cook joined director Danny Boyle on t...
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Oil prices ease on concerns over recession, weaker consumption
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices eased in early trade on Tuesday as concerns over a possible recession and weaker consumption outweighed an expectation of tight global supply and a pick-u...
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Fed policymakers back two more big rate hikes, but then what?
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir ATLANTA/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. central bankers broadly back two more big interest rate hikes in June and July, but what happens after is a matter of intense...
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Backing Trump foe, Pence asks Republicans to focus on the future
By Alexandra Ulmer KENNESAW, Ga. (Reuters) - Former Vice President Mike Pence campaigned for one of his ex-boss' nemeses on Monday night in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, urging voter...
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Toyota to cut global production plan by 100,000 in June
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will cut its global production plan by about 100,000 to roughly 850,000 vehicles in June due to the semiconductor shortage, it said on Tuesday. The company did not ...
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FBI counts 61 ‘active shooter’ incidents last year, up 52% from 2020
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The United States experienced 61 "active shooter" incidents last year, up sharply in the sheer number of attacks, casualties and geographic distribution from 2021 and the h...
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New CEO of Brazil’s Petrobras to be Caio Mario Paes, ministry says
(Reuters) - Brazil economy ministry official Caio Mario Paes will be the next chief executive of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, the country's mining and energy ministry said in a statement ...
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