ABIDJAN (Reuters) – It was love at first sight for Viviane Kouame when, as a teenager growing up in Ivory Coast, she first saw cocoa trees with ripe pods on their trunks that reminded her of babies clinging to their mothers’ backs. She decided cocoa would be a part of her life, and in 2021 …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and food inflation not seen for almost 50 years, will review its horticulture and egg supply chains after shoppers faced shortages, the government said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, Britons struggled to get hold of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers after disrupted harvests in north Africa and Spain …
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By Sarah Young and David Milliken HOVE, England (Reuters) – Two workers glide between a computer screen and a stainless steel vat making face cream, a scientist in a white coat mixes a formula and a colleague sticks labels on bottles. Apart from the whir of machines, there is silence: this is “deep work time” …
By Karolina Tagaris SALAMINA, Greece (Reuters) – In working-class neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Athens, Spiros Richard Hagabimana is going door-to-door in an election campaign that could see him become Greece’s first Black lawmaker. It is a remarkable journey for Hagabimana, who just eight years ago was jailed in his native Burundi for refusing to …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 erased earlier gains and closed lower on Tuesday, as losses in financial and energy stocks coupled with weakness in China-exposed firms weighed, while Vodafone Group shares tumbled after it forecast a big drop in fresh cash flow. The blue-chip FTSE 100 dipped 0.3%, while …
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(Our weekly analysis of the wild world of cryptocurrencies) By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Move over dogecoin? “Memecoins” – a hyper-speculative, ultra-volatile and somewhat peculiar class of crypto – are back in the spotlight after the latest digital token hit the market with stratospheric gains. Pepe, a coin inspired by an …
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By Paul Sandle and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -New Vodafone boss Margherita Della Valle said she would cut 11,000 jobs globally over three years to help the telecoms group regain its competitive edge after it warned that a poor performance in its biggest market Germany would hit cash flow. Shares in Vodafone, which has underperformed …
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By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Philippines central bank will likely leave its key interest rate unchanged at 6.25% on Thursday, and keep it there for the rest of 2023, marking an end to a year-long tightening cycle as inflation shows signs of cooling, a Reuters poll found. Although annual inflation slowed to 6.6% …
(Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable. FIGHTING * Ukraine said the missiles shot down included six Kinzhal ballistic missiles fired from aircraft. * “The work of air defences was extremely successful. …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to file a lawsuit as early as Tuesday to block Amgen Inc’s $27.8 billion deal to buy Horizon Therapeutics PLC, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Amgen struck a deal last year to buy Horizon to strengthen its rare diseases drugs portfolio. The company has …
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