By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. nominee to run the World Bank, Ajay Banga, said on Wednesday that he supports his predecessor’s proposal to expand the bank’s annual lending capacity by about $5 billion to help tackle climate change and other global challenges, but added that this was only the start of reforms. …
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By Amanda Ferguson and Aiden Nulty BELFAST (Reuters) – The Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, but for many relatives of the more than 3,600 people killed the peace accord has offered little closure over the past 25 years. In a short section, the deal said it was essential …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African stocks fell on Wednesday after U.S. data showed a decline in job openings, while the rand weakened against the dollar. U.S. job openings data, a measure of labour demand, released on Tuesday dropped to 9.9 million in February – the lowest in almost two years. For every unemployed person in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The rise in Russia’s weekly consumer prices quickened at the end of March, data from state statistics service Rosstat showed on Wednesday, with authorities still fighting to slow inflation. Russia’s central bank held the key interest rate at 7.5% last month, maintaining a hawkish stance as a widening budget deficit and labour shortages …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 5 abr (Reuters) -El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo el miércoles que está en desacuerdo con el juicio que se le está llevando a cabo al exmandatario de Estados Unidos Donald Trump en su país. El martes, Trump fue acusado de 34 delitos graves de falsificación de registros contables, …
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MOSCÚ, 5 abr (Reuters) – El Gobierno ruso anunció el miércoles que había aprobado un acuerdo para que la española Inditex venda su negocio ruso a un comprador de Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Algunas de sus antiguas tiendas reabrirán sus puertas con una nueva marca en abril y mayo. Inditex cerró sus más de 500 tiendas …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Germany has told the European Union not to tamper with rules that allow banks which are part of a network offering financial help in a crisis to benefit from lower capital and liquidity requirements, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The EU’s executive European Commission is due on April …
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Por Michael Martina, Matt Spetalnick y Daniela Desantis WASHINGTON/ASUNCIÓN, 5 abr (Reuters) – A medida que China trata de reducir la lista de países latinoamericanos que aún reconocen a Taiwán, autoridades estadounidenses están cada vez más convencidas de que Paraguay puede ser el próximo aliado diplomático de la isla que cambie su lealtad hacia Pekín. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday blocked four Georgian judicial officials from entering the country due to their involvement in “significant corruption,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Blinken named the officials as Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Irakli Shengelia and Valerian Tsertsvadze. “These individuals abused their positions as court …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 5 abr (Reuters) – El presidente mexicano, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo el miércoles que con las medidas que está tomando su administración para fortalecerla, la empresa estatal de electricidad, CFE, generará el 65% de la energía en el país al final de su gobierno, en el 2024. López Obrador, un nacionalista …
