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Analysis-Spain PM Sanchez's political gambles face litmus test in Catalan election
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Crunch elections in Catalonia next week will test the wisdom of the latest political gambles by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who aims to use the vote to buoy his power nationally but risks inadvertently a...
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Analysis-Russia can't match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain
By Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's ability to mete out like-for-like retaliation if Western leaders seize its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling foreign investment, but officials and economists say there are still ways it can s...
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Greek summer wildfire threat nears, outpacing plans to contain it
By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) - When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The volunteers needed to act fast, but dense veg...
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Column-Texas enters peak season for power output and emissions: Maguire
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) - The four-month window from May through August marks the high point for power generation and demand in the state of Texas, the largest U.S. user of fossil fuels for power generation and the country's ...
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Shell beats expectations with $7.7 billion first-quarter profit
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - Shell on Thursday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $7.7 billion, sharply beating expectations, on the back of strong oil trading and higher refining margins. The oil major also announced it will repurchas...
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Maersk posts Q1 profits above expectations, lifts lower end of FY guidance range
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Shipping group Maersk on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings above expectations and lifted the lower end of its full-year profit guidance range, supported by higher demand and the diverting of vesse...
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Papua New Guinea has 'human capital crisis', says World Bank
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The World Bank has urged the largest Pacific Island nation, Papua New Guinea, to address a "human capital crisis" and invest more in educating children, who suffer high rates of stunted growth and illiteracy, a...
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Indonesia's inflation rate eases slightly in April
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's annual inflation rate cooled slightly in April as pressure from some food prices eased as the harvest season began, the country's statistics bureau said on Thursday, staying wi...
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Japan household spending likely accelerated pace of declines in March: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending probably accelerated its pace of declines in March, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, underscoring the difficulties facing policymakers keen to engineer self-sustaining economic growth and normalise mo...
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Japan's Sumitomo Corp net profit down 32%, misses estimates
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp reported net profit for the fiscal year ended in March fell 31.7% from a year earlier to 386.4 billion yen ($2.5 billion), missing estimates. A LSEG poll of analysts had forecast Sumitomo's net...
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Russian court cancels seizure of part of JPMorgan bank's funds in dispute with Russia's VTB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court cancelled the seizure of part of JPMorgan Chase's funds in Russia in a dispute with Russian state-owned bank VTB, according to a court document. JPMorgan said in a filing on Wednesday that its assets in Russia may...
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Chip parts supplier Siltronic's profit falls on high client inventories
(Reuters) - German chip equipment supplier Siltronic reported a 27.5% drop in first-quarter core profit on Thursday, a week after it slashed annual targets due to customers' still high inventories. The company, which makes silicon wafers used in se...
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ArcelorMittal Q1 profit tops expectations
(Reuters) - ArcelorMittal, the world's second-largest steelmaker, reported on Thursday first-quarter core earnings above expectations after improved results in North America, Brazil, Europe and India. The Luxembourg-based company said core profit (...
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South Korea parliament approves bill on new inquiry into deadly 2022 crowd crush
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's National Assembly voted on Thursday to approve a bill backed by the ruling and opposition parties to launch a fresh probe into the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital Seoul in 2022. An earlier bill, which was...
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Overnight storm in France kills at least one person
PARIS (Reuters) - An overnight storm in northern France that caused mudslides has led to at least one death, a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said in a statement on Thursday, adding that her partner was injured and taken to the hospital. The ...
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