PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) – Renault’s chairman and CEO will not travel to Japan for a board meeting on how to reshape the French carmaker’s alliance with Nissan this week but instead join it via video call, two sources close to the matter said on Monday. An alliance board meeting is scheduled for Jan. 26 in Japan, …
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By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents on its territory because the government wants the country to defend itself, the government said on Monday. The West African country is facing an Islamist insurgency by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic …
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By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian pipeline gas exports rose 3.3% in 2022, just shy of an all-time high though record volumes were sent to Germany, as the Nordic country stepped up deliveries to replace Russian supply, pipeline system operator Gassco said on Monday. In total, Gassco delivered 116.9 billion cubic metres (bcm) through its …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian police have detained a former commander of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who recently fled to Norway, but denied suggestions that he might be deported to Russia. A Russian prisoners’ rights group, Gulagu.net, published a recording of a phone interview on Monday with Andrei Medvedev in which he urged Norway to let him …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Retired general and former NATO official Petr Pavel led billionaire ex-prime minister Andrej Babis by a double-digit margin ahead of a Czech presidential election run-off vote, two final polls showed on Monday. Czech presidents do not wield much daily powers but they appoint prime ministers, central bank governors, and have a limited role …
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Frankfurt (Reuters) – Eine schwächere Nachfrage hat Wacker Chemie zum Jahresende gebremst. Der Münchner Spezialchemiekonzern habe 2022 zwar neue Bestwerte bei Umsatz und Ergebnis erzielt, teilte Wacker Chemie am Montag mit. Das operative Ergebnis (Ebitda) liege mit etwa 2,1 Milliarden Euro allerdings nur am unteren Ende der bisherigen Prognose von 2,1 bis 2,3 (Vorjahr: 1,54) …
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Por Froilan Romero SANTIAGO, 23 ene (Reuters) – Los mercados cambiarios y bursátiles de América Latina operaban mixtos y con leve variaciones respecto a la jornada previa, en un ambiente de mayor esperanza con respecto a que la inflación pueda haber superado su máximo y la Reserva Federal de Estados Unidos (Fed) comience a reducir …
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Israel on Monday launched what one U.S. official described as the allies’ most significant joint military exercise to date, involving thousands of forces, a dozen ships and 142 aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers. The “Juniper Oak” drills, which will run through Friday, are meant to demonstrate …
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By Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Slower cloud spending by inflation-hit businesses is expected to stall the sales momentum at Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp and add to the troubles of the sector that laid off thousands this month. After years of blistering growth, most recently fuelled by remote working and studying during …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal expects to launch its first offshore wind power auction by the last quarter of this year, aiming to reach 10 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity by 2030, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Monday. As a pre-condition to the auction, the government will this week launch a public hearing regarding proposals …
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