LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles’s Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, a spokesperson for the couple said on Wednesday. Earlier, the Sun newspaper reported the house had been offered by the monarch to his brother, …
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By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled up slightly on Wednesday as signs of ample supply, including growing U.S. crude inventories, offset growing hopes for higher demand after a jump in manufacturing in top crude importer China. Brent crude futures settled up 86 cents, or 1%, to $84.31 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude …
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By Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) -Revolut Ltd’s auditor BDO LLP was not able to independently verify three-quarters of the 636 million pounds ($765 million) of revenue reported by the fintech firm in its long-delayed 2021 accounts. The accounts were signed off this week after months of delays, following a revamp of Revolut’s internal accounting systems …
By Rupam Jain and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The year-long Russian war in Ukraine took centre stage on the eve of a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday with the EU foreign policy chief saying its success would be measured by what it could do to help end the conflict. …
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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with his Indian counterpart on Wednesday, a day before attending the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in India, which has kept a largely neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. India has declined to blame Russia for the war, seeking a diplomatic solution …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The South African rand gained on Wednesday after China’s manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace since April 2012, fuelling risk-on appetite globally. At 1540 GMT, the rand traded at 18.1575 against the dollar, about 1% stronger than its previous close. China is South Africa’s largest trading partner, so positive news about the …
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By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – A small group of pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers are swimming against the tide of almost universal approval for a new deal between Britain and the EU on trade rules for Northern Ireland, questioning whether it fundamentally changes anything. After more than three years of wrangling over the …
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By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) -For much of his political career, Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has exerted power from behind the scenes, widely regarded as a “godfather” who uses an extensive patronage network to back candidates for office. Tinubu’s support helped outgoing leader Muhammadu Buhari win two terms in office, in 2015 and 2019. And …
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By Alexandros Avramidis and Lefteris Papadimas LARISSA, Greece (Reuters) -A Greek passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train late on Tuesday, throwing entire carriages off the tracks and killing at least 36 people, many of them students, in the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory. Officials said the death toll was expected to …
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By Siddhi Nayak and Chris Thomas MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian private lender Axis Bank Ltd said on Wednesday it completed a deal to buy Citigroup Inc’s local consumer and non-banking finance businesses, marking the U.S. lender’s exit from its credit card and retail businesses in the country. The deal was closed at a slightly lower sum …
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