RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian driver was shot dead at an Israeli army checkpoint near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, after what Israel’s military said was a confrontation between the man and one of the soldiers. In a statement, the military said a man arrived in a stolen vehicle …
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ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis is progressing with his post-operation recovery, the Vatican said on Friday, adding that he was able to get out of bed and do some work from hospital. In a statement, the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Francis spent “most of the morning in an armchair. This allowed him to read …
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PARÍS, 9 jun (Reuters) – El Ministerio de Finanzas francés está trabajando en medidas para cerrar una laguna fiscal que beneficia a los alquileres de pisos de corta duración, tales como los ofrecidos por la plataforma AirBnB , declaró el viernes el ministro Bruno Le Maire. Muchas grandes ciudades francesas sufren escasez de vivienda, una …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – A pair of Rubber Ducks made a splash in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on Friday, part of an art installation dubbed “Double Ducks” by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who says he hopes the ducks will bring happiness to the city. The inflatable yellow ducks, 18 metres (59 feet) high, will sail …
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ESTOCOLMO, 9 jun (Reuters) – La Fiscalía sueca acusó el viernes a un hombre sospechoso de delitos con arma de fuego y de recaudar fondos para el ilegalizado Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdistán (PKK, por sus siglas en kurdo), que se levantó en armas contra el Estado turco en 1984. Se trata de la …
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ZÚRICH, 9 jun (Reuters) – El consejero delegado de UBS, Sergio Ermotti, dio a entender el viernes que la adquisición por su banco de Credit Suisse se cerrará el lunes, la fecha más temprana prevista. “A partir del lunes seremos nuevos colegas”, declaró Ermotti en el Foro Económico Suizo de Interlaken. “Definiremos juntos cuál es …
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By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Investors poured money into cash and bonds in the week to Wednesday, according to data from BofA Global Research, ahead of next week’s pivotal central bank meetings from the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan. Cash funds saw $70.6 billion of inflows, BofA said, citing …
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MADRID, 9 jun (Reuters) -La compañía eléctrica española Iberdrola está ampliando su apuesta por el hidrógeno verde con un plan para construir una planta de 750 millones de euros (808,05 millones de dólares) para producir amoníaco ecológico en España, que luego sería comprado y exportado por el comerciante y transportista de amoníaco Trammo. Iberdrola se …
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, who met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, urged South Korea to play a leading role in creating international AI standards as well as focusing on making the chips needed for the technology. Altman, after crisscrossing Europe last month …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti hinted on Friday his bank’s takeover of Credit Suisse will close on Monday, the earliest expected date. “From Monday we will be new colleagues,” Ermotti told the Swiss Economic Forum in Interlaken. “We will together define what the correct culture is for the company and everyone.” UBS …
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