By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis condemned Iran’s execution of protesters for the first time on Monday in his traditional New Year’s address to diplomats, and said the war in Ukraine was “a crime against God and humanity”. The pontiff made his remarks in a speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, his …
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile, the world’s top copper producer, saw exports of the red metal reach $4.28 billion in December, down 13.2% from a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday. The country posted a trade surplus of $1.85 billion in the month, up from a $417 million surplus in December 2021. (Reporting by …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German finance regulator BaFin on Monday warned consumers that the malware known as “Godfather,” which records user input, has been attacking 400 banking and cryptocurrency apps, including some in Germany. BaFin said that it was unclear how the malware infected consumers’ devices. The malware displays fake websites of regular apps that can …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has exported almost 23.6 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2022/23 season, down from the 33.5 million tonnes exported by the same stage of the previous season, agriculture ministry data showed on Monday. The volume included around 8.6 million tonnes of wheat, 13.3 million tonnes of corn and about …
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast had reached 1.346 million tonnes by Jan. 8 since the start of the season on Oct. 1, up 11.6% from the same period last season, exporters estimated on Tuesday. Around 44,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 43,000 tonnes to San …
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9 ene (Reuters) -El presidente de la Federación Francesa de Fútbol (FFF), Noël Le Graët, se disculpó el lunes con Zinedine Zidane después de que sus comentarios sobre el exentrenador del Real Madrid provocaran la ira de jugadores, políticos e incluso del club español. Zidane era uno de los favoritos para hacerse cargo de la …
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound hit a two-and-a-half-week high against a broadly weak dollar on Monday ahead of comments from the Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill later in the day and Governor Andrew Bailey on Tuesday. Sterling was last up 0.3% against the dollar at $1.2123, after hitting its …
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a rule the Trump administration had adopted following a 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that banned “bump stocks,” devices that allow people to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic guns. In a 13-3 decision, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior official from the U.S. development agency USAID said on Monday that Washington would provide an additional $100 million in funding for Pakistan’s recovery from devastating floods last year. “I am delighted to announce that the United States is making an additional 100-million-dollar commitment to Pakistan to help it recover from …
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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Brazil’s weekend political shock reminds world markets of fragile geopolitics, but investors more broadly appear happier to stick with a new year narrative of recovery from a dire 2022. Brazil, the world’s 12th biggest economy, was jolted on Sunday after supporters …
