By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade on Wednesday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands. The mass walkouts across the …
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By Philip Pullella and Estelle Shirbon KINSHASA (Reuters) -Pope Francis heard harrowing accounts from victims of conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, including rape, amputation, forced cannibalism and sexual slavery, and he condemned the atrocities as war crimes. In a poignant encounter at the Vatican’s embassy in the capital Kinshasa, victim after victim …
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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign and defence ministers will discuss trade and security on a two-day trip to Britain for an annual bilateral summit this week, as London looks to build its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. The talks will cover Indo-Pacific security, continued support for Ukraine, and AUKUS – the deal …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand strengthened against a weakened dollar on Wednesday as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, which could signal the end of its tightening cycle. At 1559 GMT, the rand traded at 17.1775 against the U.S. dollar, 1.22% stronger than its previous close. The dollar index, which measures the …
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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is deeply concerned about Russia’s supply of military equipment to Myanmar’s junta and will continue to seek ways to limit such cooperation between the two countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday. Speaking in a telephone briefing on the two-year anniversary of Myanmar’s military …
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By Tom Balmforth and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Security services searched the home of one of Ukraine’s most prominent billionaires on Wednesday, moving against a figure once seen as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s sponsor in what the authorities called a war-time anti-corruption purge. The action, days before a summit with the European Union, appears to reflect …
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By Shubham Batra, Nikunj Ohri and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India announced on Wednesday one of its biggest ever increases in capital spending for the next fiscal year to create jobs but targeted a narrower fiscal deficit in its last full budget ahead of a parliamentary election due in 2024. Prime Minister Narendra …
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By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell on Wednesday before the Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates by an additional 25 basis points, and investors will be watching to see if Fed Chair Jerome Powell strikes a hawkish tone about future monetary policy. The U.S. central bank is seen as …
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices remained relatively stable after OPEC and its allies stuck to their output policy while the market awaits a U.S. interest rate decision and data on U.S. crude and fuel stockpiles later on Wednesday. Brent crude futures were down 14 cents, or 0.1%, at $85.33 a barrel by 1419 …
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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to raise its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, setting aside the rapid hikes used last year to curb a surge in inflation in favor of a more stepwise hunt for a stopping point. The expected increase would …
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