ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied in central Athens on Sunday to protest over the country’s deadliest train disaster that killed 57 people on Feb. 28, as Greece’s largest labour unions geared up for a nationwide strike. The head-on collision of a passenger train with a freight train nearly two weeks ago has …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran and the United States have reached an agreement to exchange prisoners, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told state TV on Sunday, but Washington denied it as a “false” claim by Tehran. “Regarding the issue of prisoner swaps between Iran and the U.S. we have reached an agreement in the …
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By William Schomberg and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said he would use this week’s budget plan to remove barriers, including high childcare costs, that are stopping people from working and causing a major problem for employers after the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. Hunt – who reiterated he would not rush …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s state minister for technology said on Sunday he will meet start-ups this week to assess the impact on them of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, as concerns rise about the fallout for the Indian start-up sector. California banking regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday after a run on the lender, …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 12 mar (Reuters) – El actor Ignacio López Tarso, veterano de la época dorada del cine mexicano y protagonista de la primera producción de ese país nominada al Oscar al mejor filme de habla no inglesa, falleció a los 98 años. El gobierno de México confirmó la muerte de López el sábado …
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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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