PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia has tested at least 12 people for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the health ministry said, after an 11-year-old girl died this week from the virus in the first known transmission to humans in the country in nearly a decade. The victim’s father, who was part of a group …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -The German government has signalled its support for the United States’ nomination of Ajay Banga for president of the World Bank, with German Finance Minister Christian Lindner calling Banga’s nomination a “very remarkable” proposal on Friday. U.S. President Joe Biden nominated former Mastercard Inc CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank on …
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Por Ludwig Burger LUDWIGSHAFEN, Alemania, 24 feb (Reuters) – BASF dijo que recortará 2.600 puestos de trabajo y detendrá sus recompras de acciones, advirtiendo de un nuevo descenso de los beneficios como consecuencia de los altos costes en Europa, la incertidumbre por la guerra en Ucrania y la subida de los tipos de interés. El …
By Rupam Jain, Andreas Rinke and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will pursue a $5.2 billion deal with India to jointly build six conventional submarines in the country during Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Feb. 25-26 visit, two Indian and two German sources said. The naval project is the latest attempt by a Western military manufacturing …
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Hamburg (Reuters) – Greenpeace hat mit einer weiteren Klimaklage gegen Volkswagen keinen Erfolg gehabt. Das Landgericht Detmold wies am Freitag die Klage eines Biobauern zurück, der von der Umweltorganisation unterstützt wurde. Die 1. Zivilkammer begründete ihr Urteil damit, dass es rechtlich keine Grundlage dafür gebe, dem Autobauer einen kompletten Ausstieg aus der Verbrennertechnologie vorzuschreiben. VW …
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TALLINN, 24 feb (Reuters) – El secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, reaccionó el viernes con reservas a una propuesta china de alto el fuego en Ucrania, afirmando que Pekín no tiene mucha credibilidad como mediador. “China no tiene mucha credibilidad porque no ha sido capaz de condenar la invasión ilegal de Ucrania”, dijo …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that the United States had refused to reply to a Chinese request for information on the balloon that it had shot downed off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month. The Chinese balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, spent a week flying …
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LAGOS (Reuters) -Voters in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation head to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president and lawmakers, in what is set to be a close contest amid rising frustration over cash and fuel shortages, unprecedented insecurity and surging inflation. President Muhammadu Buhari, who will complete his constitutionally allowed …
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LAGOS (Reuters) -Voters in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation head to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president and lawmakers, in what is set to be a close contest amid rising frustration over cash and fuel shortages, unprecedented insecurity and surging inflation. President Muhammadu Buhari, who will complete his constitutionally allowed …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is willing to provide security or “backfill” fighter jets to any country that wants to send Russian or Soviet-era planes to Ukraine, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday. Britain has sent ammunition and weapons to Ukraine and is currently training its troops to use British tanks, but it has …
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