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Israeli war planes strike Gaza after rocket attack
Date: April 21, 2022
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel carried out air strikes in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday after a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory landed in Israel, Hamas officials and Israeli military sources said. Two training camps used by Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the blockaded enclave, were hit, and no casualties were reported, witnesses...
Rising calls for U.S. LNG revive stalled export projects, but at higher costs
Date: April 21, 2022
By Marcy de Luna HOUSTON (Reuters) – Soaring demand for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) as buyers steer clear of Russian fuel is putting some long-stalled U.S. export projects back on track. But rising costs for materials and labor threaten to snarl these plants once again. Two developers with projects sidelined due to the U.S.-China...
A picture and it’s story – A daughter’s shock as a trip to buy bread ends her father’s life
Date: April 21, 2022
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Victor Gubarev stepped out to buy bread when he was killed by a fragment from a shell that landed in front of his apartment block in Kharkiv on Monday, minutes before his daughter arrived to find an ambulance crew standing over his body. Crew members had to hold Yana Bachek back...
PM Johnson: UK hopes to clinch Indian free trade deal by year-end
Date: April 21, 2022
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Britain hopes to complete a free trade deal with India by the end of this year, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday as he emphasised the need to reduce reliance on foreign oil and gas due to the conflict in Ukraine. “We’re hoping to complete another free trade agreement...
EU countries edge towards deal to share out emissions-cutting efforts
Date: April 21, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries are edging towards a deal on how to share the burden of cutting greenhouse gas emissions within the EU, with states poised to accept national targets proposed by Brussels last year, according to diplomats and a draft document seen by Reuters. The EU’s “effort sharing” policy...
More Britons go out shopping and dining ahead of Easter – ONS
Date: April 21, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s consumers increased visits to retailers and leisure providers in the run-up to the Easter holiday weekend and bookings at restaurants were their strongest in seven months, according to data published by the country’s statistics agency. Visits to retail and recreation locations increased by 8% to 91% of their pre-coronavirus levels in the...