KINSHASA (Reuters) – Before dawn, sanitary police armed with crowbars and a bulldozer set about demolishing makeshift trader stalls crowding downtown streets in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of a four-day visit by Pope Francis starting Jan. 31. Officials say Kinshasa, a vast impoverished city of 17 million people, is getting a …
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– von Patricia Weiss Frankfurt (Reuters) – Knapp ein Jahr nach Beginn des Kriegs in der Ukraine ist der Öl- und Gaskonzern Wintershall Dea zum Rückzug aus seinem Russland-Geschäft gezwungen. Dem weltgrößten Chemiekonzern BASF, der knapp 73 Prozent an Wintershall Dea hält, brockt das zusammen mit anderen Belastungen Abschreibungen von mehr als sieben Milliarden Euro …
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By John Irish DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Lithuania’s foreign minister said on Wednesday he was confident that main battle tanks would be delivered to Ukraine but the West still needed to do more to ensure Kyiv won the war against Russia. “I’m confident because this is what I’m hearing here, talking with other leaders. There …
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(Reuters) – British Gas owner Centrica said on Wednesday it would support vulnerable pre-payment customers with an overall 10 million pound ($12.3 million) payment package, as UK consumers face sky-high energy bills amid a cost-of-living crunch. Centrica said the support measure includes non-repayable credit up to 250 pounds on prepayment metres, and British Gas will …
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LONDRES, 18 ene (Reuters) – La minera chilena Antofagasta informó el miércoles de una caída del 10,4% en la producción de cobre de 2022, debido a que la menor ley del mineral y la sequía en Chile siguieron afectando a la producción. La compañía, que cotiza en Londres, dijo que produjo 646.200 toneladas de cobre …
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian private lender IndusInd Bank reported a bigger-than-expected jump in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, lifted by strong loan growth and a drop in provisions for bad loans. The company’s standalone profit, which excludes results of unit Bharat Financial Inclusion, jumped 68.7% to 19.59 billion rupees ($241 million) in the three months ended …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s onshore wind power capacity rose by 25% in 2022 from a year earlier but was still too low to achieve the government’s expansion targets, wind power lobby BWE said on Wednesday. Wind power is central to Germany’s transition to renewable energy. Berlin’s goal is to generate 80% of electricity from the …
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Por Giulio Piovaccari TURÍN, Italia, 18 ene (Reuters) – El presidente saliente de la Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, anunció el miércoles que también abandonará sus cargos en los consejos de administración del fabricante de automóviles Stellantis y del holding familiar, Exor. Durante su intervención en una junta de accionistas para nombrar a la nueva directiva de …
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(Reuters) – Entain said on Wednesday it would speed up its plans to exit a number of unregulated markets by the end of the year, as the British gambling firm aims to fully focus on nationally regulated markets. The company, which owns Ladbrokes and Coral betting shops as well as bwin and partypoker online brands, …
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Por Noah Browning LONDRES, 18 ene (Reuters) – El levantamiento de las restricciones por el COVID-19 en China impulsará la demanda mundial de petróleo este año a un nuevo máximo histórico, afirmó el miércoles la Agencia Internacional de la Energía (AIE), mientras que los precios máximos impuestos los productos de Rusia como sanción podrían mermar …
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