BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government does not plan to extend a levy on electricity companies’ windfall profits beyond the end of this month, according to a document seen by Reuters on Friday. Germany’s electricity supply is secured, the German Economy Ministry said in the letter to the president of the Bundestag parliament. It said …
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s economy lost a net 17,300 jobs in May, entirely in full-time work, and the jobless rate rose to 5.2%, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday. Analysts had forecast an increase of 23,200 jobs, and that the jobless rate would rise to 5.1%. Employment in the goods producing sector grew by a …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African prosecutors on Friday significantly increased the number of charges they are bringing against Rwandan ex-police officer Fulgence Kayishema, who is wanted internationally for suspected participation in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. On the run for two decades, Kayishema was arrested on May 24 under a false name on …
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By Naomi Rovnick and Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Schroders Plc and Canada Life moved to cut back their dealings with the asset management businesses with links to Crispen Odey on Friday citing allegations of misconduct by the financier published by the Financial Times and Tortoise Media a day earlier. Canada Life, an asset manager …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Here is what we know so far about a knife attack against toddlers in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday, in which some of them were seriously wounded. Where did the attack happen? In a park in Annecy, a tranquil town at the foot of the French Alps that is popular …
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner plans to raise the government’s debt to nearly 17 billion euros ($18 billion) in next year’s budget, Spiegel magazine reported on Friday, citing information from the ministry. The increase was in response to a slowing economy but would still be in line with Germany’s constitutionally imposed debt brake, …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed and four others seriously injured when their patrol was attacked in northern Mali on Friday, the peacekeeping mission MINUSMA said. The incident took place near the town of Ber, in the region of Tombouctou – an area that has become a hotbed of jihadist …
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MADRID, 9 jun (Reuters) – El Real Madrid ha anunciado este viernes el fichaje por cuatro temporadas del defensa Fran García, procedente del Rayo Vallecano de LaLiga española. García, de 23 años, se formó en las categorías inferiores del Real Madrid y jugó en el primer equipo en 2018. (Información de Inti Landauro; editado en …
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HOLA PRYSTAN, 9 jun (Reuters) – Maria Mikhailovna, pensionista, cuenta que su marido la despertó en mitad de la noche y descubrió que sus pertenencias estaban bajo el agua tras el derrumbe de la gigantesca presa ucraniana de Nova Kajovka. “El agua en la casa llegaba a la altura de la cintura. A medianoche todo …
Berlin (Reuters) – Der Deutsche Wetterdienst rechnet über den gesamten Sommer hinweg mit zu hohen Temperaturen und warnt vor extremer Trockenheit. Die Trendprognose zeige, dass der meteorologische Sommer von Juni bis August “wieder zu warm ausfallen” werde, sagte der Sprecher des Deutschen Wetterdienstes in Offenbach, Andreas Friedrich, Reuters TV am Freitag. “Wir rechnen so mit …
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