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Pope says June meeting with Russian Orthodox leader is off
Date: April 22, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has said he has dropped plans to meet in June with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has backed Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Francis, who has several times implicitly criticised Russia and Putin over the war, told Argentine newspaper La...
Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv next week – PM Johnson
Date: April 22, 2022
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Britain plans to reopen its embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv next week and is looking at reinforcing allies who sent armaments to Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The British government announced in February, days before Russia invaded Ukraine, that its embassy in Kyiv was relocating temporarily...
Schindler profit lower but beats estimate
Date: April 22, 2022
By Ana CanteroRos and Alexander Kloss (Reuters) – Swiss elevator and escalator maker Schindler on Friday reported a drop in first-quarter net profit but beat the consensus forecast despite supply chain woes, cost inflation, coronavirus lockdowns and market contraction in China. The company’s net profit of 144 million Swiss francs ($151.07 million) was below the...
The burnt out remains of a building in Waheen Market in Hargeisa, Somaliland on April 9, 2022. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Muna Tosane
Date: April 22, 2022
• Officials say the fire caused up to $2 billion in damages • 2,000 businesses destroyed, over 17,000 workers affected • Somalilanders, diaspora rally to raise funds in support By Mohammed Omer GAROWE, Somalia, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three weeks ago, Amina Mahmud was a successful businesswoman running a butcher’s shop selling camel...
China slowdown concerns dim Ray-ban maker EssilorLuxottica’s first quarter
Date: April 22, 2022
By Juliette Portala (Reuters) -EssilorLuxottica’s shares slipped on Friday as a downturn in its China business overshadowed the French-Italian eyewear company’s overall better-than-expected first-quarter sales. The group, which makes sunglasses and spectacle frames for Prada and Versace, reported “deteriorating” sales in mainland China as coronavirus cases surged, saying about three quarters of its locations were...
On Earth Day, climate activists rally against fossil fuels
Date: April 22, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Climate change campaigners kicked off a wave of protests for Earth Day on Friday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an end to building fossil fuel infrastructure. In Europe, activists in Berlin, Warsaw, Brussels and elsewhere were set for...