BRASILIA, 10 ene (Reuters) – La inflación brasileña cerró 2022 con una fuerte desaceleración desde los máximos de dos dígitos registrados durante el año, gracias a las medidas gubernamentales y a un agresivo ajuste monetario, pero volvió a incumplir el objetivo oficial fijado por el Gobierno. El índice de referencia de precios al consumo IPCA …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that corruption had inflated the cost of numerous high-profile tenders and construction projects in Zambia. “Enormous financial resources invested in infrastructure projects, such as road construction, provided avenues for corruption, especially in the award of tenders, where political connections allowed members of the elite to bend …
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Por Crispian Balmer y Francesca Piscioneri ROMA, 10 ene (Reuters) -El expresidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro no ha solicitado la ciudadanía italiana y probablemente no la obtendría aunque la solicitara, dijo Italia el martes, después que cientos de sus partidarios fueran arrestados por asaltar las instituciones estatales de Brasil. El nuevo presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio …
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland will play four warm-up tests in July and August to prepare for the World Cup, including two against hosts France, Scottish Rugby said on Tuesday. Three of the fixtures will take place at Murrayfield with one in France, at a venue still to be confirmed. Starting with a home fixture against …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has assigned ExxonMobil oil and gas exploration rights to two offshore blocks in the outer Nile Delta, according to a company statement on Tuesday. The company’s Egyptian subsidiary will operate both blocks and hold 100% interest, with exploration activities expected to start this year. The awards for the blocks, which cover …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – A Finnish court of appeal began on Tuesday hearing an international war crime case in which a Sierra Leonean man is charged with murders, rapes and other atrocities during the Liberian civil war between 1999 and 2003, the court said. Prosecutors believe the 53-year-old suspect Gibril Massaquoi – who denies any wrongdoing …
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By Vera Eckert and Tom Käckenhoff FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -Britain’s Octopus Germany, a relatively new market entrant for retail electricity and gas, is seeking one million German customers by the end of 2025 after wholesale price surges caused a two-month stop in customer acquisitions last year. “We needed to pause our expansion for a while,” said …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s financial watchdog has fined the UK subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank 7.6 million pounds ($9.3 million) for what it said were further failures in its anti-money laundering systems and controls. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it found “serious weaknesses” in systems aimed at preventing money laundering between …
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Por Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, 10 ene (Reuters) – Empresas como GM, Ford, Google y productores de energía solar dijeron el martes que colaborarán para establecer normas que permitan ampliar el uso de centrales eléctricas virtuales (VPP, por su sigla en inglés), sistemas para aliviar la carga de las redes eléctricas cuando escasea el suministro. RMI, …
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LONDRES, 10 ene (Reuters) – Los países deberían considerar recomendar a los pasajeros que usen mascarillas en vuelos de larga distancia para contrarrestar la última subvariante ómicron de COVID-19 dada su rápida propagación en Estados Unidos, dijeron el martes funcionarios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. En Europa, la subvariante XBB.1.5 se está detectando …
