By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he was willing to discuss pay rises for nurses ahead of a meeting with public sector trade union leaders in an effort to end the biggest wave of industrial disputes in decades. Britain’s National Health Service, long treasured and funded by taxpayers, …
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(Reuters) – China’s fintech giant Ant Group has no plan to initiate an initial public offering (IPO), it said on Sunday in an emailed statement to Reuters. “Ant Group has been focusing on its business rectification and optimisation, and does not have a plan for an IPO,” the company spokesperson said. Ant Group said on …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk caused damage but did not destroy buildings and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters witness said on Sunday, after Russia said the attack killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers. Reuters reporters visited the two college dormitories Russia’s defence …
(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a massive rocket strike on buildings in eastern Ukraine temporarily housing Ukrainian forces, a claim Reuters was not able to immediately verify. FIGHTING * The ministry said the alleged strike in the city of Kramatorsk was revenge …
By Joyce Zhou and Yew Lun Tian HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -Travellers streamed into China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. After three years, mainland China opened sea and land crossings with Hong …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by “once in a century” floods in Australia’s northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places “as far as the eye could see”. The crisis in the Kimberley – an sparsely populated area in Western Australia state …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican immigration officials are set to meet in El Paso Saturday, the day before U.S. President Joe Biden’s first visit to the border since taking office, Mexico’s immigration institute said Friday. The meeting between Mexican immigration head Francisco Garduno and Border Patrol officials in the Texas border city will …
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By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China on Saturday marked the first day of “chun yun”, the 40-day period of Lunar New Year travel known pre-pandemic as the world’s largest annual migration of people, bracing for a huge increase in travellers and the spread of COVID-19 infections. This Lunar New Year public holiday, which officially runs …
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(Reuters) -Iran hanged two men on Saturday for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16, drawing condemnation from the EU, the United States and other Western nations. The two men executed on Saturday had been convicted of …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kevin McCarthy woke up on Saturday morning with a long-held dream fulfilled: After a four-day standoff, he was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the most powerful member of the Republican Party. But that role could turn into a nightmare because it requires leading a caucus that …
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