DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s currency fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Sunday, amid the country’s increasing isolation over its disputed nuclear programme, human rights violations and the supply of drones to Russia. The U.S. dollar was fetching as much as 601,500 rials on Iran’s unofficial market on …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for a week by 20 armed men in a remote part of the Pacific Island nation were released on Sunday, while their captors remain at large, a local official told Reuters. Professor Bryce Barker and doctoral student Teppsy Beni from …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Algeria will reopen its embassy in Kyiv one year after it was closed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Algerian state television said on Sunday citing a foreign ministry statement. “This decision falls within the framework of preserving the interests of the Algerian state and the interests of the national community in this …
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By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The cartoon “Dilbert” has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube. Scott Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and suggested white Americans “get the hell away from Black people” in response to a conservative organization’s poll purporting to show …
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By Khaled Abdullah and Adel al-Khadher HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) – A container ship carrying general commercial goods docked at Yemen’s main port of Hodeidah for the first time since at least 2016 on Saturday as parties in Yemen’s eight-year war are in talks to reinstate an expired U.N.-brokered truce deal. The conflict, which pits a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Global asset managers controlling trillions of dollars are failing to invest in a way that will protect climate, biodiversity and people, despite efforts by the industry to promote its sustainable finance credentials, the corporate responsibility group ShareAction said on Sunday. Investment strategies which consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, or invest …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people – and said he was forced to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities. A year since ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Putin is increasingly …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French defence and technology group Thales plans to hire 12,000 new staff this year as there is strong demand across its product range, CEO Patrice Caine said in an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche. He said that over the past eight years Thales, which has total staff of 80,000 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday he would resign if an investigation into his conduct upheld allegations of bullying made against him by government staff. “If an allegation of bullying is upheld, I would resign,” Raab told Sky News. In November, Raab requested an investigation into two formal complaints …
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(Reuters) – The United States is “exerting unprecedented pressure” on African countries, including attempting to disrupt a planned Russia-Africa summit, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying late on Saturday. President Vladimir Putin will host the second Russia-Africa summit in July in St. Petersburg, an event intended to underline his attempts to curry favour …
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