By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates and continue phasing out a controversial stimulus programme blamed for causing unwelcome yen declines, Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the country’s biggest opposition party, told Reuters on Friday. Noda said in an interview that Japan needs to focus more on …
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(This Dec. 7 story has been corrected to clarify that it is not known whether the suspect has been identified in the headline, paragraphs 1 and 6) (Reuters) – Authorities are closing in on the man suspected of killing UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was quoted as saying on Saturday …
By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – Workers in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found on Sunday, a problem multinational retailers and brands will have to help address. New European Union regulations make retailers …
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By Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family’s autocratic rule. In one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations, …
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By Steve Holland, Katharine Jackson and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will work with partners and stakeholders in Syria to help seize the opportunity that has presented itself after rebel fighters’ stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, President Joe Biden said on Sunday. “At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” said …
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By Noemie Olive and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -The word “Merci” was projected on to the front of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-year-old building close to collapse five years ago. The cathedral’s bells rang out and the Archbishop of …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -As the commander of al Qaeda’s franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction fighting to topple Bashar al-Assad. Today, he is the most recognisable of Syria’s triumphant rebels, having gradually stepped …
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(Reuters) – Following are reactions from around the world to events in Syria. Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East. EUROPEAN COMMISSION …
ATHENS (Reuters) – Supporters of the Syrian rebels that ousted President Bashar al-Assad entered the Syrian embassy in Athens on Sunday and hoisted the rebel flag from the rooftop, police and a Reuters reporter said. Police entered the embassy compound and detained four people, but left the flag flying, said a Reuters reporter at the …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by London rivals Fulham on a grey wet Sunday at Craven Cottage as Raul Jimenez scored early for the hosts and William Saliba equalised for the visitors at the start of the second half. The result left Arsenal second in the …
