By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli shares slid more than 4% on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) on Sunday led by financial firms following the failure of SVB Financial Group late last week, while the government vowed to help Israeli tech firms affected. With Israel’s trading week running Sunday through Thursday, it was …
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By Maha El Dahan and Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) – Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday that the oil market would remain tightly balanced in the short to medium term, adding that he was cautiously optimistic. Nasser was speaking to the press after the Saudi Arabian oil giant reported its highest ever …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French unions will keep on fighting against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan despite the upper house of parliament approving the text on Saturday, a leader of one of the main unions said on Sunday. Laurent Berger, secretary general of France’s largest union the CFDT, also warned Macron’s government against forcing the …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a “planned act of sabotage”, a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on March 5, leaving more …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – European investigators returning to Beirut will be permitted to attend a Lebanese judge’s questioning of central bank governor Riad Salameh, two sources said on Sunday, as Lebanon and several foreign countries investigate whether he embezzled public funds. Salameh, 72, and his brother are being investigated in Lebanon and at least five European …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen who attacked a their post in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the army said, adding that a fourth gunman was detained after surrendering. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the deaths near the city of Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank, among territories where …
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By Sarah N. Lynch, Rami Ayyub and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said she was working closely with banking regulators to respond to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and protect depositors, but a major bailout was not being considered. Yellen told the CBS News “Face the Nation” show …
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AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Relief was writ large on Virat Kohli’s face as he kissed the wedding ring dangling from a chain around his neck and looked skywards in a muted celebration after his drought-ending century in the fourth and final test against Australia on Sunday. After all, it was the modern batting great’s first …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz delivered with bat and ball as Bangladesh stunned world champions England by four wickets in a second successive upset to clinch the three-match Twenty20 series with a game to spare in Mirpur on Sunday. Chasing 118 to win, the hosts got off to a disappointing start when they …
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -Virat Kohli ended his agonising wait for a test century with a painstaking 186 as India racked up 571 to claim a lead of 91 in the fourth and final test against Australia on Sunday. The hosts, who lead the series 2-1, strung together six 50-plus partnerships at the top to effectively …
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