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Canada’s Alberta braces for wildfires to spread as winds shift
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Rod Nickel TORONTO (Reuters) - Tinder-dry weather and shifting winds in Alberta on Tuesday elevated the risk of spreading wildfires in the Canadian oil-producing province wh...
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South Africa’s unemployment rate rises amid power crisis
By Kopano Gumbi PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's unemployment rate rose in the first quarter after declining for four consecutive quarters last year, data showed on Tuesday, as the country reeled f...
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UK’s competition boss: We do not want a hostile environment for tech
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of Britain's anti-trust regulator said it was not seeking to create a "hostile environment" for tech companies with its decision to block Microsoft's $69 billion acquisitio...
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Two more victims of volcano eruption found in Roman ruins of Pompeii
ROME (Reuters) - Two skeletons have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city wiped out by an eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, the Italian Culture Ministry s...
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Tesla succession planning, demand in focus ahead of shareholder meeting
By Hyunjoo Jin and Tanya Jain (Reuters) - Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk will be under pressure to address investor concerns about the lack of a clear successor, softening demand and delays of some new model...
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Capital One shares up after billionaire investor Buffett’s near $1 billion bet on bank
(Reuters) - Shares of Capital One Financial Corp rose in premarket trading on Tuesday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett's holding company disclosed it had taken a stake in the credit cards-foc...
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Asian hedge funds piled to China education, U.S. AI shares in Q1
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) - Large Asian hedge funds added Chinese education companies to their portfolios in the first quarter of 2023, and bought stocks in U.S. tech giants expected to benef...
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Central banks have lost a degree of trust, ECB’s Makhlouf says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Central banks around the world have lost a degree of trust and need to rebuild it by explaining their decision making to a wider audience and not just financial markets, European Ce...
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Three in four Americans worry debt-ceiling default could hurt them: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are worried about the prospect of the U.S. government defaulting if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, but are divided over the action to be ta...
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US Senate hearing on China to draw rare Biden cabinet trio
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three of President Joe Biden's cabinet members will testify on China policy at a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, a rare joint appearance underscoring Washin...
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