GOMA (Reuters) -The Kenyan commander of a regional force set up to tackle militia violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said he had resigned due to obstruction and threats to his safety, adding to doubts over whether the mission can be effective. In the letter dated Thursday, Major General Jeff Nyagah said he was …
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MUMBAI(Reuters) -India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank on Saturday reported a better-than-expected 26% increase in net profit for the January-March quarter, helped by higher net interest income and strong loan growth. The private lender’s standalone net profit, excluding subsidiaries, rose to 34.96 billion rupees ($427.8 million) in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year from 27.67 billion …
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Por Lucinda Elliott y Daniela Desantis ASUNCIÓN, 29 abr (Reuters) – Soledad Núñez, una ingeniera y exministra paraguaya de 40 años, busca un espacio en la arena política del país dominada por hombres como la primera vicepresidenta electa en los comicios del domingo. El país, una sociedad tradicionalmente machista y patriarcal, ha sido difícil para …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has postponed a census due to take place next week and a new date will be set by the incoming government, the information ministry said on Saturday as it announced the latest delay to the country’s first census in 17 years. The census had been scheduled for May 3-7, but the …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio aims to grab market share from Volkswagen by introducing a model for the European market that will be sold for less than 30,000 euros ($33,060), the company’s chairman told a German magazine. “Yes, in terms of price that means we are also attacking Volkswagen more strongly than …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Passenger travel on the first day of China’s five-day Labour Day holiday surged 151.8% from the same day last year, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. The number of air, road, waterway and railway trips rose to 56.99 million on the first day of the holiday that runs through Wednesday, CCTV said. …
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By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – Warring sides in Sudan are more open to negotiations and have accepted the conflict that erupted two weeks ago cannot continue, a U.N. official told Reuters on Saturday, a possible flicker of hope even as fighting continued. Volker Perthes, U.N. special representative in Sudan, said the sides had nominated …
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(Reuters) – Fitch cut France’s sovereign credit rating on Friday by one notch to ‘AA-‘, saying a potential political deadlock and social unrest posed risks to President Emmanuel Macron’s reform agenda. Responding to the decision, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Fitch was underestimating the positive impacts of the government’s plans to reform and …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Logistics billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne, Lufthansa’s top shareholder, has no plans to raise his stake in the carrier to a 25% blocking minority, which would give him the power to veto major strategic decisions, he hold a German paper. Kuehne in September disclosed that he had increased his stake in Lufthansa to 17.5%, …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s financial crime-fighting agency said on Saturday it had raided three premises linked to education platform Byju’s and its billionaire CEO Byju Raveendran over suspected breaches of the country’s foreign exchange laws. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in a statement it had seized various documents and digital data during the search, and …
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