BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Lebanese military tribunal has formally accused five members of Hezbollah and the allied Amal Movement of killing an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in 2022, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday. Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed on Dec. 15 in the first fatal attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon since …
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Glass Lewis backs a call by activist investor Elliott for a special investigation into a loan that German property company Deutsche Wohnen made to its top shareholder Vonovia. The recommendation, seen by Reuters, raises pressure on the board and supervisory board of Deutsche Wohnen before its shareholder meeting on …
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -The heir to Jordan’s throne will marry amid much fanfare on Thursday, in a glittering ceremony that the country’s leaders, long backed by the West as a stabilising influence in a volatile region, hope will reinforce local and global alliances. The 28-year-old Prince Hussein, named as heir by his father …
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By Valentyn Ogirenko and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -A nine-year-old girl, her mother and another woman were killed in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open, witnesses said. Police opened a criminal investigation into the three deaths near a medical clinic in the …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A vote by the European Parliament in favour of a resolution questioning Hungary’s ability to hold the rotating presidency of the European Union next year goes against the bloc’s rules, Poland’s prime minister said on Thursday. “It is a clear violation of European rules in their most important form, that is treaty …
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(Reuters) -Eramet considers that the London Metal Exchange (LME) has lost its benchmark status for part of the nickel market to the Shanghai Metals Market, Bloomberg News quoted the head of the French mining company as saying. An index produced by Shanghai Metals Market “has become the benchmark” for pricing ferronickel, the report quoted Eramet’s …
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(Reuters) – Software major Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it expected to take a charge of about $425 million in the current quarter for a potential fine from an Irish regulator over alleged privacy violations at its unit LinkedIn. The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) launched an investigation into the professional networking platform in 2018 …
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MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Thursday he will not back down from a decision to install ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb majority areas, a move which triggered violence, prompting NATO to send more troops to the region. “Mayors should go and work in their offices,” Kurti told Kosovo Albanian …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The largest owner of IKEA stores has acquired supply chain software firm Made4Net as the Swedish furniture retailer plans a major expansion in the United States and aims to grow its online sales. Ingka Group’s investment arm Ingka Investments bought the company for an undisclosed sum, the company said, in order to …
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By Alexander Marrow and Elena Fabrichnaya (Reuters) – Russia will hold its key lending rate at 7.5% next week, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, with persistent inflation risks seen preventing the central bank from easing the cost of borrowing and limiting Russia’s growth this year to 0.7%. Last year, the Bank of Russia gradually …
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