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Billionaire Jack Ma plans to cede control of China’s Ant Group – WSJ

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese billionaire Jack Ma plans to cede control of Ant Group, the Wal...

28th July, 2022

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Winding up Canada trip, pope visits historic churches

By Philip Pullella and Kevin Dougherty SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Th...

28th July, 2022

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Ukraine steps up drive to retake Russian-controlled south with air strikes

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake the Russian-controlled sou...

28th July, 2022

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No deal with U.S. yet on Griner swap for ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer -Russia

By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday said there was no deal...

28th July, 2022

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Germany set to impose gas levy on consumers to support ailing importers

By Markus Wacket and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is set to impose a levy on all gas co...

28th July, 2022

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Barclays’ blunders overshadow strong trading performance

By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays’ profit was dented by a 1.9 billion p...

28th July, 2022

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BlackRock’s Li says market too optimistic on European earnings

By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Financial markets are too optimistic on the outlook for European...

28th July, 2022

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Russian rouble dives to over 2-week lows as tax period ends

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian rouble gave up early gains on Thursday to plunge to over two-week lows...

28th July, 2022

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Spanish ruling coalition proposes windfall tax on utilities and banks

By Christina Thykjaer and Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s leftist ruling coalition introduce...

28th July, 2022

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Rio Tinto signs rail, port JV with China-backed consortium for Guinea’s Simandou

By Praveen Menon and Helen Reid SYDNEY/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Rio Tinto’s Guinea subsidiary has for...

28th July, 2022

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Dollar pares gains as US growth contracts for second quarter

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar pared gains on Thursday after data showed that the...

28th July, 2022

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Motor racing-Vettel announces retirement, says his goals have shifted

By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) -Four times world champion Sebastian Vettel announced on Thursday his reti...

28th July, 2022