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Honduras anti-corruption activist says she left country after threats

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -One of Honduras’ leading anti-corruption advocates on Monday said she had left the Central American nation because of threats, weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro’s government of nepotism. Gabriela Castellanos, executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA), which has investigated public corruption in Honduras for nearly a decade, left the country on …

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Marketmind: China to cut rates, but by how much?

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The People’s Bank of China takes center stage on Tuesday with a near-certain interest rate cut, according to the expectations of investors, who are also trying to read the political tea leaves from U.S. Secretary …

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Brazil’s GPA to sell and leaseback 11 stores for nearly $70 million

(Reuters) – Brazilian retailer GPA reached a deal to sell and leaseback 11 of its supermarket stores to an unnamed private fund for 330 million reais ($69 million), the company announced in a securities filing on Monday. GPA will continue to operate the stores under lease agreements of 15 years, with the exception of 3 …

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UBS enfrenta millonarias multas por mala gestión de Credit Suisse en Archegos Capital: reporte

19 jun (Reuters) – UBS Group AG enfrenta multas por cientos de millones de dólares por la mala gestión de Archegos Capital por parte de Credit Suisse, después de que los reguladores británicos, suizos y estadounidenses concluyeran sus investigaciones, informó el lunes el Financial Times. UBS ha pedido a la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos, …

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Activista anticorrupción de Honduras dice que abandonó el país tras recibir amenazas

TEGUCIGALPA, 19 jun (Reuters) -Una de las principales defensoras anticorrupción de Honduras dijo el lunes que abandonó la nación centroamericana tras haber recibido amenazas, semanas después de acusar al gobierno de la presidenta Xiomara Castro de nepotismo. Gabriela Castellanos, directora ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción (CNA), que investiga al sector público en el país desde …

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Blinken insta a China a vigilar a empresas que pueden proveer tecnología a Rusia

Por Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING, 19 jun (Reuters) – El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, dijo que pidió al Gobierno de China que vigile a las empresas privadas que pudieran estar proporcionando a Rusia tecnología que pueda ser utilizada contra Ucrania, aunque destacó que no ha visto pruebas de que Pekín esté dando …

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EU countries fail to agree energy reforms after coal subsidy clash

By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on planned new rules for the bloc’s power market, having clashed over a proposal to extend subsidies for coal plants under the reform, and a push to expand state aid for other power plants. EU energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg ended talks …

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Israeli troops, backed by helicopter, kill 5 Palestinians in clash

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces backed by the rare use of helicopter gunships killed five Palestinians including a teenager and wounded more than 90, as a West Bank raid led to an hours-long gunbattle with armed fighters, the military and health officials said. Eight Israeli personnel were wounded after troops came …

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Brasil incauta el mayor cargamento ilegal de aletas de tiburón del mundo

SAO PAULO, 19 jun (Reuters) – Las autoridades brasileñas declararon el lunes que se han incautado 28,7 toneladas métricas de aletas de tiburón obtenidas ilegalmente que iban a ser exportadas a Asia, en lo que calificaron como el mayor decomiso mundial de este tipo en su origen. La agencia de protección medioambiental, Ibama, estimó que …

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Paris air show takes off with historic plane order

By Tim Hepher, Allison Lampert and Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus announced a record 500-plane deal with Indian airline IndiGo on day one of the Paris Airshow on Monday, as strong demand for jets and air defences vied for attention with the industry’s supply chain problems. The multibillion-dollar deal for single-aisle planes – the largest …

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