By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian economy added more jobs than expected in March and the unemployment rate remained near a record low for a fourth straight month, data on Thursday showed, a sign of economic resilience ahead of a central bank policy meeting next week. The economy gained a net …
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(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alfa Bank made a record loss of 117.1 billion roubles ($1.44 billion) last year, a company report showed on Thursday, as sanctions on its financial system hit Russia’s big banks. Russia’s central bank said two …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will visit China next week, continuing a flurry of trips to Beijing by senior European officials. Borrell will visit China from April 13 to 15, EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s JERA said on Thursday it had made sufficient disclosures when it issued a $300 million bond in Singapore last year, after a climate activist group alleged the power firm had not properly disclosed systemic risks over its investments in LNG. Australia’s Market Forces lodged a complaint with Singapore Exchange (SGX) in February …
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By John Kruzel (Reuters) – An Oklahoma school board is set to consider next week whether to approve the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the United States in a move that follows recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding religious rights. Supporters and critics of the proposed St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School have …
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By Kate Abnett and Katya Golubkova BRUSSELS/TOKYO (Reuters) – Climate ministers of the Group of Seven countries may make the case for new investments in natural gas supply, despite assessments that such investments would thwart globally agreed climate change goals, according to a document seen by Reuters. Climate change and energy ministers from G7 countries …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Adani Wilmar Ltd said on Thursday that its overall oil sales volume was dragged down in the fourth quarter by lower demand from the bakery and frying industry. The company said that the overall sales value in the quarter ended March 31 declined in high-single digit, pulled down by edible oil, which registered …
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(This April 5 story has been refiled to fix a typo in paragraph 6) By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates’ ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison. The new policy, approved in a vote of 4-3, was …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is ready to work together with France on obtaining a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “The President and Xi agreed to “work hard” in order to accelerate the end of …
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By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) – Double-digit food price inflation will weigh on the Middle East and North Africa region this year, causing growth to slow to 3% from 5.8% last year, the World Bank said in a regional report on Thursday. The new forecast is a downward revision to the 3.5% growth rate for …
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