By Lizbeth Diaz CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (Reuters) -Eduard Caraballo screamed for help. Thick suffocating smoke was filling the cell where he was held with over 60 other migrants in northern Mexico, but there was no way out. The single door was locked shut. “We screamed for them to open the cell door, but no one …
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By Bhanvi Satija and Mariam Sunny (Reuters) – About one in six adults globally have experienced infertility at least once in their life, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Monday, urging countries to actively collect more consistent data on the disease. The report analyzed existing studies conducted from 1990 to 2021 …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial regulator said on Tuesday it would focus its supervisory activity over banks on improving their corporate governance and internal control practices, which it said fell short of global standards. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said in a statement that the country’s banks were perceived to be lagging behind global …
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By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer inflation eased to a one-year low in March, led by weaker oil prices, but a range of issues including worries about global growth, monetary policy and decisions by major oil producers have clouded the outlook. The consumer price index was 4.2% higher in March than a …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican running for U.S. president, said he would not have pursued the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump, but said his 2024 rival bore “significant responsibility” for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and should exit the race. In an interview …
By Greg Torode and Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report – adding pressure on the United States and its allies as they try to counter Beijing’s growing military. The assessment of China’s military …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Australia’s central bank takes center stage on Tuesday with its latest interest rate decision, and beyond that, if the second trading day of the quarter is as eventful as the first, then investors’ plates will be extra full. …
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By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger fired back at Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday, saying his apparent retaliation against Disney for taking a position on legislation was “anti-business.” After initially trying to stay neutral, Disney opposed Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act – …
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(Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp and BAE Systems Plc won a F-35 jet maintenance support contract worth 161 million pounds ($200 million), creating 140 jobs in Britain, the country’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. The contract was signed by the U.S. Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin as F-35 prime contractor, with BAE Systems …
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) – British government hackers have launched operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the GCHQ spy agency said on Tuesday, in a rare statement on its offensive cyber work. The attacks were carried out over the last three years by the secretive National Cyber Force …
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