UK consumers turn more confident but inflation challenges remain – GfK

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers have turned more upbeat about their personal finances and the outlook for the economy but their mood remains a long way off pre-pandemic levels, market research firm GfK said on Friday. After some other recent signs of improvement in the economy, GfK’s headline consumer confidence index rose …

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Families appeal decision to uphold Boeing 737 MAX crashes plea deal

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Relatives of people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes on Thursday appealed a U.S. judge’s rejection of their bid to prosecute the planemaker by reopening or dismissing Boeing’s January 2021 deferred prosecution agreement. The U.S. Justice Department agreement gave Boeing immunity from criminal prosecution over fraud conspiracy charges related to …

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Florida TV journalist shot dead while reporting on a murder – police

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire on two television journalists reporting on a murder near Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, killing one and wounding the other before fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl and wounding her mother in a nearby home, authorities said. A suspect identified as Keith Melvin Moses, 19, was arrested shortly after …

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Republicans to hold their first presidential debate in Wisconsin

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – The U.S. Republican Party’s presidential candidates will hold their first debate of the primary season in the battleground state of Wisconsin in August, the party announced on Thursday. The Republican National Committee’s debates committee voted to hold the debate in Milwaukee, and wants all participating candidates to sign a loyalty …

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Mexico’s Televisa posts Q4 net loss, dragged by TelevisaUnivison, Sky

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Grupo Televisa, Mexico’s largest broadcaster, reported on Thursday a net loss in the fourth quarter of 13.75 billion pesos ($705 million), hurt by losses related to TelevisaUnivison and declines in its satellite TV unit. The result compares with a net profit of 3.7 billion pesos in the year-earlier period, according to a …

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White supremacists behind over 80% of extremism-related U.S. murders in 2022

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mass shootings in the United States accounted for most extremism-related fatalities last year in the country with over 80% of those murders committed by white supremacists, data released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) showed on Thursday. The advocacy group labeled 25 murders in 2022 as “extremist-related,” with 18 of …

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What is Australia’s Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ campaign?

By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia plans to hold a federal referendum later this year to constitutionally recognise its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the establishment of a representative Voice that will provide non-binding advice to the parliament. Here’s what you need to know about Australia’s ‘Voice to Parliament’ campaign: WHO ARE AUSTRALIA’S …

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Biden nominates former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank

By Andrea Shalal, Valerie Volcovici and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden nominated former Mastercard Inc CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, betting the India-born executive’s ties to the private sector and emerging markets will jump-start the 77-year-old institution’s overhaul to better address climate change. Biden’s nomination on Thursday of Banga, …

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Ozy Media, CEO Carlos Watson charged with scheming to defraud investors

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Ozy Media and its CEO, Carlos Watson, have been criminally charged for scheming to defraud investors of tens of millions dollars by misrepresenting the company’s debts, financial performance and audience size, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said Thursday. Watson and Ozy Media are charged with securities fraud and wire fraud. Watson was arrested …

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