By Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At least one ship carrying Australian coal that was destined for China has been diverted due to uncertainty around Chinese customs policies following the easing of a ban on imports from Australia, according to traders and shiptracking data. The BBC Maryland, hauling about 12,000 tonnes of thermal coal from …
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By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) -Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is now the “uncontested” leader of the militant group, according to a new U.N. report on the organisation. Al Qaeda has not formally named a …
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By Hyonhee Shin and Hyeyeon Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Every day, 71-year-old Park Gyung-sun delivers flowers, documents and other packages around Seoul – a job popular among senior citizens who are entitled to ride the city’s subways for free. The work, dubbed “silver delivery” in South Korea, earns Park, a former market stall owner, up …
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(Reuters) -Pakistan has hiked the price of petrol by 22.20 rupees ($0.0835) a litre to 272 rupees ($1.02) effective on Thursday because of the plummeting value of the country’s currency, the finance ministry said in a statement. The Pakistani rupee has fallen sharply against the dollar since an artificial cap on the local currency was …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian coal miners including Glencore must set aside thousands of tonnes of coal for use by domestic power generators for a period of 15 months under the New South Wales state government’s latest coal reservation policy. Australia’s most-populous state detailed a requirement issued last month that coal miners must reserve a portion …
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CHENNAI (Reuters) -Nestle India reported a near 66% increase in quarterly profit on Thursday, benefiting from price increases and strong demand for its chocolates and packaged foods in urban areas. The Maggi noodles maker’s profit rose to 6.28 billion rupees ($75.98 million) for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from 3.79 billion rupees in the …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea released its latest defence white paper on Thursday, describing North Korea as its “enemy” for the first time in six years and reporting an increase in Pyongyang’s stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium. The biennial white paper offers a glimpse into the reclusive North’s growing arsenal of nuclear weapons …
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Zürich (Reuters) – Die Schweiz will Vermögen aus dem Umfeld des früheren ukrainischen Präsidenten Viktor Janukowitsch einziehen. Die Schweizer Regierung habe ein Verfahren zur Einziehung von mehr als 130 Millionen Franken eingeleitet, die nach der ukrainischen Revolution vom Februar 2014 und der Absetzung des pro-russischen Janukowitsch in der Schweiz gesperrt worden seien, wie die Regierung …
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– von Andreas Rinke Berlin (Reuters) – Wenige Tage nach der Berlin-Wahl sind Bundesfinanzminister Christian Lindner und Vizekanzler Robert Habeck bei der Aufstellung des Haushalts 2024 heftig aneinander geraten. “Wir bitten Sie, keine weiteren öffentlichen oder internen Vorfestlegungen zu treffen, die einseitig weitere Ausgaben priorisieren”, heißt es in einem der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters vorliegenden Brief Habecks …
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München (Reuters) – Der Flugzeugbauer Airbus beugt sich der anhaltenden Teileknappheit. Der Boeing-Rivale setzte sich am Donnerstag für das laufende Jahr ein Ziel von 720 ausgelieferten Flugzeugen – so viele, wie eigentlich 2022 schon an die Kunden hätten übergeben werden sollen. Auch die Produktion soll nicht so stark ausgeweitet werden wie zuletzt in Aussicht gestellt. …
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