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Britain’s Drax half-year profit jumps on high prices and demand

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Drax Group reported a rise in half-year profit on Tuesday, as t...

26th July, 2022

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Nine out of ten Britons increasingly keeping tabs on spending -NielsenIQ

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Sales volumes at UK supermarkets fell 4.1% year-on-year in the fou...

26th July, 2022

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Recruiter Randstad’s earnings rise as talent remains ‘scarce’

By Valentine Baldassari and Charlotte Lavin (Reuters) -Dutch recruitment firm Randstad reported an 1...

26th July, 2022

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Oil rises for a second day on supply tightness concerns

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on increasin...

26th July, 2022

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Heathrow says passenger cap has improved operations

LONDON (Reuters) -London’s Heathrow said a decision to cap flight numbers after it struggled to cope...

26th July, 2022

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Russian gas cut to Europe hits economic hopes, Ukraine reports attacks on coastal regions

By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe fro...

26th July, 2022

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Analysis-Workers seize their moment to shift the balance of power

By Mark John (Reuters) – It should surprise no one that the first big pandemic-era display of worker...

26th July, 2022

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Exclusive-Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

By Emma Farge and Gloria Dickie MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland (Reuters) – From the way 45-year-ol...

26th July, 2022

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David Trimble, Northern Irish hardliner turned consensus-builder dies at 77

BELFAST (Reuters) – Few Nobel laureates can have endured as much vitriol during their careers as Dav...

25th July, 2022

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Pope apologizes for ‘deplorable evil’ of Canadian indigenous schools

By Philip Pullella and Tim Johnson MASKWACIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Pope Francis apologized on Monday t...

25th July, 2022

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World condemns Myanmar junta for ‘cruel’ execution of activists

(Reuters) -Myanmar’s ruling military announced on Monday it had executed four democracy activists ac...

25th July, 2022

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Analysis – Russian gas flow too low to fill Europe’s storage

By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s cut in supplies through its main gas pipeline to German...

25th July, 2022