UK PM Sunak meets Blackstone’s Schwarzman in Downing Street

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Blackstone Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman on Thursday, receiving one of Wall Street’s most prominent figures at his Downing Street office ahead of next week’s Davos summit. A Reuters reporter saw Schwarzman enter Downing Street, the site of the Prime Minister’s official residence, accompanied …

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Inflación de Argentina registra 5,1% en diciembre y trepa 94,8% en 2022: INDEC

BUENOS AIRES, 12 ene (Reuters) – El Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) de Argentina subió un 5,1% en diciembre y saltó al 94,8% todo el año pasado, dijo el jueves el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC), convirtiéndose en uno de los países de mayor inflación en el mundo. El nivel inflacionario casi …

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Estimación cosecha soja Argentina cae a 41 million ton por sequía: Bolsa Cereales Buenos Aires

Por Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES, 12 ene (Reuters) -La cosecha de soja 22/23 de Argentina sería de 41 millones de toneladas, desde los 48 millones previstos anteriormente, debido a una grave sequía que impidió que muchos productores completaran siembras que iban a hacerse con la oleaginosa, dijo el jueves la Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos …

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Chinese embassy in UK: ‘Firmly opposed’ to Britain’s Hong Kong report

LONDON (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Britain said on Thursday it had lodged “stern representations” about the UK’s latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong, which criticised what it called the erosion of freedoms in the former British territory by China. “It distorted facts, grossly interfered in Hong Kong affairs, which are China’s internal affairs, and …

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Riot police clear coal mine activists from abandoned German village

By Riham Alkousaa and Wolfgang Rattay LUETZERATH, Germany (Reuters) -Riot police backed by bulldozers removed scores of activists from buildings in an abandoned village in western Germany on Thursday in a second day of confrontations over the expansion of a coal mine. Officers climbed ladders to reach protesters perched on roofs and walls in Luetzerath, …

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New York nurses end strike after reaching deals on hospital staffing

By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O’Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) -More than 7,000 nurses in New York City ended a three-day strike and returned to work on Thursday after reaching tentative deals with hospitals over staffing levels and pay increases, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx …

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