(Reuters) – People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran’s deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on Saturday. His comments come as an increasing number of women have been defying Iran’s compulsory dress code, appearing unveiled in …
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By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China can phase out currency intervention by gradually reducing the amount and frequency of its forays into the market, the country’s central bank governor said on Saturday, underscoring Beijing’s resolve to keep up efforts to boost the yuan’s global presence. People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang also said …
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By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may have scope to tweak its bond yield target this year on growing prospects the country will see a durable rise in wages, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Saturday. Ranil Salgado, the IMF’s Japan mission chief, said the outcome of this year’s …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached a proposed agreement over pay and employment terms, which will be considered by the union’s executive before being voted on by members, the two sides said in a joint statement. More than 110,000 postal staff at Royal Mail, owned by International Distributions Services, …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Navy and the United States are searching for three American sailors who were last seen on April 4 in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The three sailors reportedly left the port city of Mazatlan en route to San Diego and were due to stop …
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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United bounced back from conceding a first-half own goal to snatch a thrilling 3-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday and book their spot in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley, where they will face Chelsea or Aston Villa next month. The victory marks the first time …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s armed forces on Saturday dismissed any possibility of negotiations or dialogue with the country’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). There will be “no negotiations or dialogue until the dissolution of the paramilitary RSF”, the armed forces said on its Facebook page. Elements of RSF and the armed forces exchanged gunfire in …
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By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his …
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By Valentina Za and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have …
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(Reuters) – Ducati’s reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia smashed the circuit lap record to take pole position for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The pole was the Italian’s first of the season, and 12th of his career, after starting the previous two races in Portugal and Argentina on …
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