By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -Storm Henk, which battered Britain last week, caused around 150 million pounds ($190 million) in insured losses and damaged around 2,000 properties, consultants PwC said on Wednesday. Heavy rain caused major rivers to burst their banks and the government issued more than 300 flood warnings, only weeks …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will take “appropriate action” after completing an investigation into a complaint that a drug regulator helped switch samples of cough syrup linked to the death of children in Gambia in return for a bribe, two officials said on Wednesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) linked the …
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WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday towards the southern Red Sea, the United States said, with Britain hinting at further measures to protect international shipping lanes. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said it was the largest attack in the area by the …
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By Yury Garcia and Alexandra Valencia GUAYAQUIL/QUITO (Reuters) -Gunmen with explosives stormed a TV station on-air in Ecuador on Tuesday during a wave of violence around the nation that prompted President Daniel Noboa to name 22 gangs as terrorist organizations to be hunted by the military. Police eventually rescued the TV staff and arrested the …
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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan goes to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president and parliament under the shadow of an increasingly assertive China which has called the vote a choice between “peace and war”. But no matter who wins the elections, Beijing’s military and economic pressure on …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s Nifty 50 and Sensex rose on Wednesday, led by gains in IT companies ahead of quarterly results and boosted by a jump in some Adani group stocks on the conglomerate’s plan for a $24 billion investment. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 gained 0.34% to 21,618.70 points, while the S&P …
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TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the United States met on Tuesday with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, drawing a stern rebuke from Beijing. The United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and arms supplier despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties with the island, …
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By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -The launch of a Chinese satellite that flew over Taiwan, prompting an erroneous air raid alert, sparked a political storm on the island on Wednesday about China’s motives only days out from presidential elections. Taiwan’s presidential office said it did not consider the launch of a Chinese …
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By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) -A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Tuesday knocked out power to over 636,000 homes and businesses in 12 states ahead of a brutal freeze expected to blanket the region starting this weekend. The hardest hit states so far were North Carolina with around 170,000 …
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By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun on Tuesday addressed Friday’s mid-air panel blowout from an Alaska Airlines jet, acknowledging the planemaker made a mistake and telling staff it would work with regulators to make sure it “can never happen again.” The statements were Boeing’s first public acknowledgment …
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