SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday that stubbornly-high inflation in the country has likely peaked, but conceded it remains a big economic challenge. Inflation is running at a 32-year high of 7.8% is only expected to slow to the top of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s target range of 2-3% …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan must spread the momentum of wage growth across the country to conquer rising inflation as annual labour negotiations wrap up next month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday, with backing from a major business lobby. For years wages have been slow to grow in Japan as cautious firms hoarded a …
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BUENOS AIRES, 25 feb (Reuters) – El vigente campeón Boca Juniors venció el sábado 2-1 como visitante a Vélez Sarsfield pese a jugar con un hombre menos desde los 68 minutos, en el marco de la quinta jornada de la Liga Profesional. Boca abrió el marcador a los 31 minutos por intermedio de Luga Langoni con …
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By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler ANTAKYA/ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices. Overnight, the death toll from the earthquakes, the …
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(Reuters) – Belarus, a small Russian ally bordering Ukraine, has as many as 1.5 million potential military personnel outside its armed forces, a senior official was quoted as saying on Saturday. President Alexander Lukashenko has supported his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in his year-long war with Ukraine, including by letting him invade from Belarusian territory …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of “cowboy” methods and “arm twisting” of some countries during last week’s United Nations General Assembly vote that demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine. The 193-member General Assembly of the U.N. on Thursday overwhelmingly isolated Russia, calling on the eve …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand police were searching for eight people still missing after Cyclone Gabrielle struck two weeks ago, authorities said on Sunday, amid warnings of more wild weather for the nation’s North Island. Gabrielle hit the island’s northern region on Feb. 12 and then battered the east coast, leaving at least 11 dead and …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s rial currency sank to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday despite central bank measures aimed at cooling demand for foreign currency from savers worried about inflation and the country’s economic prospects. The rial was trading at 575,000 on the unofficial free market against the dollar, compared to 540,000 …
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(Reuters) – Northern Ireland police arrested a sixth man on Saturday in connection with the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell. A 71-year-old man was detained in Omagh under the Terrorism Act and was taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite to be questioned by detectives, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in …
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Por Rhea Binoy y Jose Joseph 25 feb (Reuters) – El presidente ejecutivo de Blackstone Inc, Steve Schwarzman, se llevó a casa unos 1.260 millones de dólares en retribuciones y dividendos para 2022, mostró una presentación regulatoria. Schwarzman recibió más de 1.000 millones de dólares en dividendos de sus acciones de Blackstone y 253,1 millones …
