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Baby Diana? Or little Arthur? Bets on for royal baby name 0
- WORLD
- March 20, 2019
LONDON (Reuters) – What will Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan name their child? With the former actress in the last stage of her pregnancy, punters are having a flutter on the baby’s gender, weight, date and birthplace. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex visit the
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Cyclone hit millions across Africa in record disaster: U.N.0
- WORLD
- March 19, 2019
MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) – Cyclone winds and floods that swept across southeastern Africa affected more than 2.6 million people and could rank as one of the worst weather-related disasters recorded in the southern hemisphere, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. A general view shows destruction after Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique, March 16-17, 2019 in this still
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Exclusive: Israel’s chip sales to China jump as Intel expands 0
- WORLD
- March 19, 2019
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s exports of computer chips to China soared last year as Chinese companies bought more semiconductors made at Intel’s Kiryat Gat plant. An official at the Israel Export Institute told Reuters that new data showed semiconductor exports to China jumped 80 percent last year to $2.6 billion. An industry source told
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Danske Bank investors express anger over money laundering scandal 0
- WORLD
- March 18, 2019
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s annual shareholder meeting extended into the fifth hour on Monday as retail investors expressed their discontent over the bank’s involvement in one of the world’s biggest money laundering scandals. FILE PHOTO: General view of the Danske Bank building in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/File Photo Some of the
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New gun laws to make New Zealand safer after mosque shootings, says PM Ardern 0
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- March 18, 2019
CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday. Tarrant was remanded
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Brexit spurs biggest cut in UK business investment in 10 years – BCC 0
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- March 18, 2019
LONDON (Reuters) – British companies look set to cut investment by the most in 10 years in 2019 because of Brexit, even if Prime Minister Theresa May gets a deal to ease the country out of the bloc, an employers group said on Monday. A man stands near the Canary Wharf business district, in east
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