Goldman exec Fadi Abuali to retire after nearly three decades, memo says

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs’ co-chief of the Middle East and North Africa region, Fadi Abuali, will retire, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Abuali, a senior executive who spent nearly 28 years at the Wall Street bank, also co-headed bank’s Asset Management International. He joined Goldman in 1997 as an associate and …

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Russia expands forced re-education of deported Ukrainian children, US research shows

By Anthony Deutsch and Tom Balmforth RIVNE, Ukraine/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S.-funded research has identified more than 210 sites where Ukrainian children have been taken for military training, drone manufacturing and other forced re-education by Russia, as part of a large-scale deportation programme. Yale’s School of Public Health said in a report published on Tuesday that …

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UK budget watchdog expects to downgrade productivity outlook, FT reports

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s budget watchdog has told finance minister Rachel Reeves that it was likely to downgrade its productivity forecasts, adding to fiscal pressures ahead of her annual budget on November 26, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. “We don’t know precisely what they are going to say on productivity, but we have been …

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Canadian cabinet minister Freeland to leave, will take on special Ukraine role

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prominent Canadian Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland will leave cabinet and take on a new role as Canada’s special representative for Ukrainian reconstruction, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday. The move marks an end to Freeland’s 12-year domestic political career. At one point she had been tipped as a …

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Exclusive-Trump administration clears first Ukraine arms aid paid for by allies, sources say

By Jonathan Landay and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s first U.S. weapons aid packages for Ukraine have been approved and could soon ship as Washington resumes sending arms to Kyiv – this time under a new financial agreement with allies – two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.  This is the …

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Senegal intercepts pirogue carrying 112 migrants attempting Atlantic crossing

DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on Tuesday as they attempted to reach Europe via a perilous Atlantic Ocean route, officials said. Abdoul Aziz Gueye, mayor of Dakar’s Ouakam district, said local fishermen alerted authorities to a drifting wooden …

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Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 warns on profit amid tough economy

By Elvira Pollina and Paolo Laudani (Reuters) – German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 on Tuesday cut its 2025 profit and revenue forecasts, citing challenges from an uncertain macroeconomic environment in German-speaking markets. The outlook cut was announced after Italy’s Berlusconi family-backed MFE-MediaForEurope closed a takeover bid for ProSieben earlier this month, securing a 75.1% stake in the …

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