CHESTER, England (Reuters) -A British lawmaker pleaded guilty on Thursday to common assault after he punched a passerby who he said had been threatening him while he was enjoying a night out. Mike Amesbury was suspended from the governing Labour Party after CCTV and video footage showed him throwing a punch at a man in …
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(Reuters) – Difficult economic conditions and persistently weak demand for many products have forced companies across Europe to freeze hiring or cut jobs. Here are some of the layoffs announced since the start of November: CAR AND CAR PARTS MAKERS * BOSCH: Staff reduction schemes at the world’s biggest car parts supplier have put 8,000-10,000 …
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PARÍS, 16 ene (Reuters) – La consultora Strategie Grains elevó su previsión de producción de trigo blando para la Unión Europea en la campaña 2025/26, citando una siembra mayor de la esperada en Alemania y una mayor cosecha de maíz prevista en Polonia. El volumen de la cosecha de la UE de este año será …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The French centre-left Socialist party will not back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government, Le Figaro reported on Thursday, citing an intra-party meeting. Dozens of far-left lawmakers have put forward a no-confidence motion against Bayrou, which he is expected to survive amid concessions on pension reform and education that …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway and France have signed a letter of intent to expand and strengthen their defence and security policy cooperation, the Norwegian defence ministry said on Thursday. Norway’s Defence Minister Bjoern Arild Gram and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu met in Oslo to sign the agreement. The two countries plan enhanced cooperation on …
By Vera Eckert and Louise Rasmussen FRANKFURT/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Two of the world’s top shipping companies, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, said on Thursday they did not see an immediate return to Red Sea after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was announced. Both companies said they would be closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East …
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By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Thursday it will impose anti-dumping duties on imports of sweetener erythritol from China after finding it was being sold in the European Union at unfairly low prices, threatening the EU’s own industry. The definitive anti-dumping levies range from 34.4% to 233.3%, the Commission said …
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CARACAS, 16 ene (Reuters) – La ONG venezolana Espacio Público informó el jueves en la red social X de la liberación de su director, Carlos Correa. La semana pasada, los partidos opositores y las ONG venezolanas condenaron la detención del destacado activista de la libertad de prensa y de una conocida figura de la oposición, …
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By Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co logged record quarterly profit on Thursday and said it expects robust revenue growth in the first three months of the year as demand surges for chips used in artificial intelligence processing. While business is booming, TSMC does face headwinds from U.S. …
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By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China will launch an investigation into U.S. government subsidies to its semiconductor sector over alleged harm caused to Chinese mature node chipmakers, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. Unlike the cutting-edge chips that power artificial intelligence models, mature node chips are cheaper, easier to manufacture, and used for less complex …
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