By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government said on Thursday future officials would from now on have to answer a questionnaire before they are appointed to prove they are fit for office after a string of hiring scandals rocked the ruling Socialists. The new vetting system, a set of 34 questions, would allow the …
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By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices rose over 1%, hovering near the $1,900 per ounce pivot on Thursday after data showing signs of cooling inflation in the United States boosted bets for slower rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. U.S. consumer prices grew 6.5% on an annual basis in December, in line with expectations, …
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By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese government and a crackdown on free speech by authorities in the former British colony, drawing an angry response from China. The criticism was contained in the government’s latest six-monthly report on …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – The support offered to Ukraine by Poland and Lithuania may mean that other countries will follow their example, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, after Poland’s president said Warsaw would give Kyiv Leopard tanks. “Poland and Lithuania can strategically start steps concerning obtaining (Leopard) tanks for Ukraine,” Zelenskiy told Polish state-run broadcaster …
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By Michael Holden ABOYNE, Scotland (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and Prince William made their first public appearances on Thursday since the release of the monarch’s son Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir and TV interviews in which he made accusations against them and other royals. In his book “Spare”, Harry divulges that he had begged his father …
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Por Marianna Parraga y Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/MARACAY, 12 ene (Reuters) – La petrolera estatal venezolana PDVSA asignó un tercer cargamento de crudo a Chevron bajo una autorización que reactivó este mes las exportaciones a Estados Unidos tras una pausa de casi cuatro años, dijeron el jueves dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto. Chevron Corp recibió …
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(Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google promoted the head of its international cloud businesses, Adaire Fox-Martin, to take on a top sales role as part of an operating model rejig, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The head of Google Cloud unit in the Americas, Kirsten Kliphouse, has left the company, the spokesperson said. Fox-Martin’s appointment aims at …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and his team are confident that a probe will show that the classified documents found at his home and a think tank were “inadvertently misplaced” and they will work closely with the special counsel appointed by the attorney general, a White House attorney said. “We have cooperated closely with …
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By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s move this week to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border aims to reduce record crossings and shield him from Republican criticism but is a turn away from his campaign promise to restore access to asylum. Initial backlash to Biden’s policy shift also …
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Por Brijesh Patel 12 ene (Reuters) -Los precios del oro subieron el jueves más del 1%, rondando los 1.900 dólares la onza, después de que datos que mostraron signos de un enfriamiento de la inflación en Estados Unidos impulsaron las apuestas por subidas de tasas más lentas por parte de la Reserva Federal en el …
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