Climate change: UK’s 2022 was hottest year on record, says forecaster

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, the national weather service confirmed on Thursday, saying human-induced climate change had made what would normally be a once-in-500-year event likely to happen every three or four years. The Met Office said the average annual temperature was 10.03 degrees Celsius (50.05 …

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Bond yields little changed after Fed minutes, traders eye debt supply

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian government bond yields ended largely unchanged on Thursday as the fall in oil prices was offset by relatively hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve in the minutes of the latest meeting. Market participants also stayed away, awaiting debt supply on Friday. New Delhi aims to raise 280 billion …

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North Korea’s Kim purges ex-foreign minister, South Korean lawmakers say

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has purged a former foreign minister who played an instrumental role in his summits with former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018-19, South Korean lawmakers said on Thursday, citing intelligence officials. Ri Yong Ho has remained out of the public eye since denuclerisation …

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China’s Fosun offloads stakes in four firms for $975 million

(Reuters) – Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd will completely exit its stake in four separate firms for a combined 6.7 billion yuan ($974.74 million) to prop up its general working capital, the debt-laden company said on Thursday. Fosun held 25.7% in Tianjin Jianlong Iron & Steel Industrial and 26.7% each in Beijing Northern Jianlong Industrial, …

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Erdogan tells Putin ceasefire needed in Ukraine peace efforts -presidency

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Vladimir Putin in a phone call that peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine war should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a “vision for a fair solution”, the Turkish presidency said on Thursday. Erdogan and the Russian president have spoken repeatedly since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in …

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France backs its Burkina envoy despite pressure to withdraw him -minister

By John Irish and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – France continues to back its envoy in Burkina Faso despite a request by the Burkinabe government to replace him amid growing anti-French sentiment likely fuelled by Russian mercenaries, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Thursday. In December, the Ouagadougou government sent a letter requesting the departure …

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