DUBAI (Reuters) – British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spying, charges he had denied. Here is a timeline of main bilateral developments since the 1950s: 1953 – Britain and the United States help orchestrate the overthrow of popular Prime …
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By Sharon Bernstein and Nathan Frandino SALINAS, Calif. (Reuters) – California’s Salinas River began creeping over its banks on Friday morning, flooding roads leading to nearby communities where 24,000 people were urged to evacuate in the face of yet another in a series of storms that have pelted the state. Farmers worked feverishly to erect …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The Ghanaian subsidy of South African mobile operator MTN Group has received a bill for back taxes of around $773 million, including penalties and interest charges, the parent company said on Friday. The Ghana Revenue Authority issued MTN Ghana with the bill after auditing it for the years 2014 to 2018 and …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will visit Rwanda later this month after traveling to Zambia, three sources familiar with the plans said on Friday. Georgieva on Thursday said she would visit Zambia the week after next, but her visit to Rwanda has not been previously reported. Georgieva will travel to Africa …
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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said he will return home this month from exile in Europe, after the government lifted a ban on political rallies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political rallies last week, part of her reconciliation strategy after taking over …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 13 ene (Reuters) – Puebla ganó el viernes 2-0 a Querétaro en la segunda jornada del torneo Clausura del fútbol mexicano. En el otro partido del viernes, Atlético de San Luis y Guadalajara empataron sin goles. En el partido jugado en el estadio Cuauhtémoc de Puebla, el equipo visitante se quedó con …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country’s naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. Ship tracking data shows the vessel, CCG 5901, has …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS has no interest in buying fellow Swiss lender Credit Suisse, the bank’s Chairman Colm Kelleher said in a interview published on Saturday. The former Morgan Stanley president said he was focused on organic growth rather than acquisitions and expanding its business in the United States as he ruled out any move …
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Por Marco Aquino LIMA, 13 ene (Reuters) -La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, pidió la noche del viernes “perdón” por las decenas de muertos en las protestas de las últimas semanas; y una misión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) exhortó el cese de la violencia en el país que -dijo- transita por …
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s attorney general has launched 11 inquiries to identify those responsible for more than three dozen mostly civilian deaths during some of the country’s most violent social protests in years, her office said on Friday, as some of the president’s top Cabinet members announced their resignations. The ouster of leftist …
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