PARIS (Reuters) – French fashion house Dior on Monday named K-pop star Jimin a global brand ambassador, broadcasting the tie-up on social networks with images of the BTS singer in sporty looks with an outdoor flair, designed by Kim Jones. The move comes as European luxury houses look to tap into the global popularity of …
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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italian investigators knew a lot of things about mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. He liked wearing designer clothes, expensive sun glasses and Rolex watches, he loved video games and had a taste for luxury foods. He was also a ruthless killer who once claimed to have murdered enough people …
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By Prasto Wardoyo SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian court began a trial on Monday of a handful of police and match officials charged with negligence over their alleged roles last year in one of the world’s deadliest soccer stadium stampedes. The disaster, in which 135 people died, occurred at a match in October at …
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By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – Stocks continued their new year rally on Monday as optimism over the global economy, inflation coming under control and China’s reopening offset concerns the Bank of Japan (BOJ) might temper its super-sized stimulus policy at a pivotal meeting this week. The yen climbed to its highest since May after …
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By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index edged higher on Monday, extending its recent streak of gains, as technology shares rose and investors awaited Canadian consumer price data that could offer additional evidence of slowing inflation. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index ended up 30.23 points, or 0.15%, at 20,390.33, its …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. A batch of top-tier economic data from China, including fourth quarter GDP growth, will grab the spotlight in Asia on Tuesday, and the numbers are not expected to be pretty. This does not necessarily mean investor sentiment and …
By Herbert Villarraga and Tom Balmforth DNIPRO, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’s three-month campaign of firing missiles at cities far from the front. Ukraine says the …
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BOGOTÁ, 16 ene (Reuters) -La mayoría de las monedas de América Latina se depreciaron el lunes en medio del fortalecimiento global del dólar, en una jornada con escaso volumen de negocios por el feriado en Estados Unidos para conmemorar el día del activista Martin Luther King. * Mientras, las bolsas cerraron dispares ante la poca …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s business confidence in the fourth quarter of last year hit its lowest level since 1974 as companies grapple with higher interest rates, cost pressures and soft demand, a private think tank said on Tuesday. A net 70% of firms surveyed expected general business conditions to deteriorate compared …
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CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, 16 ene (Reuters) – Un “relevante” sistema de calzadas construido siglos antes de la era cristiana fue descubierto junto con cientos de antiguos sitios arqueológicos en la zona maya de Guatemala y México, gracias a una innovadora tecnología láser, informaron el lunes responsables del hallazgo. La investigación mapeó 964 antiguos asentamientos en …
