PARIS (Reuters) – France plans to invest 100 billion euros in rail transport by 2040 as part of a government push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint, the government said on Friday. The plan, aimed at expanding and upgrading the rail network, includes launching express commuter trains similar to the Paris RER system in major …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Inner Mongolia region ordered inspections at all of its open-pit mines on Friday, after at least six people were killed in a landslide at a coal mine, with 47 others still missing. The mine, operated by small local firm Xinjing Coal Mining Co, collapsed in an avalanche of rock on Wednesday, leaving …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Investment manager Columbia Threadneedle said on Friday it would allow investors to make withdrawals from a key UK property fund, four months after suspending dealing amid turmoil in Britain’s gilt and pensions markets. Columbia Threadneedle said in October it had suspended dealing in the CT UK Property Authorised Investment Fund and its feeder …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Friday with a sombre message of defiance to his people and tears for the thousands of soldiers who have died. On a cold, cloudy morning in Kyiv, the 45-year-old addressed members of Ukraine’s armed forces and a …
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Feb 24 (Reuters) – The Indian government had no outstanding loans with the central bank under ways and means advances in the week ended Feb. 17, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement released on Friday. The central government had no outstanding loans in the week earlier as well. State governments had …
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By Aftab Ahmed and Shivangi Acharya BENGALURU (Reuters) – Developed nations’ failure to deliver on a decade-old commitment to pay $100 billion in annual climate financing to developing nations is a “travesty”, Achim Steiner, administrator of the U.N. Development Programme, said on Friday. Wealthy nations, who are most responsible for global warming, are yet to …
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Por Arshad Mohammed 24 feb (Reuters) – Estados Unidos tiene previsto anunciar el viernes una ayuda de 250 millones de dólares para reforzar las infraestructuras energéticas de Ucrania frente a los ataques rusos y de 300 millones para Moldavia, en parte para ayudar a Chisináu a dejar de depender energéticamente de Rusia. La ayuda, descrita …
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Three Chinese workers at an Indonesian nickel industrial complex on Sulawesi island have filed a complaint with the country’s human rights commission over poor workplace conditions, the law firm representing them said on Friday. The workers at PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi province said they “endured a lot …
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(Reuters) – Tata Group-owned Air India on Friday said it planned to hire over 4,200 cabin crew and 900 pilots in 2023, as part of a major revamp that saw the carrier seal orders for a record 470 jets earlier this month. The overhaul at Air India, once known for its stellar service, started after …
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By Sriparna Roy and Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Sanofi SA’s therapy to treat a type of inherited bleeding disorder known as hemophilia A and expects to launch it in the United States in April, the French drugmaker said on Thursday. Sanofi’s replacement therapy – Altuviiio – is entering …
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