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Meeting of Turkey, Syria, Iran, Russia, officials postponed -Turkish source
ANKARA (Reuters) - A meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Iran and Syria, scheduled for this week, has been postponed to an unspecified date, a source from the Turkish foreign mi...
Mar 16, 2023
No signs Ukraine is withdrawing troops from Bakhmut – Russian-installed official
(Reuters) - The situation for Russian forces trying to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is "difficult", because there are no signs Kyiv is ready to order a withdrawal of its troops, the Russian-i...
Mar 16, 2023
Japan’s return to path of militarisation ‘dangerous’ – China defence ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan has played up so-called "external threats" in recent years and greatly boosted its defence budget, and this tendency to return to the path of militarisation is "very dangerou...
Mar 16, 2023
Canada’s Couche-Tard in talks on $3.3 billion TotalEnergies stores deal
(Reuters) - Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard is in exclusive talks to buy some of French energy company TotalEnergies retail assets for 3.1 billion euros ($3.29 billion) in cash, th...
Mar 16, 2023
Japan bank lobby chief sees no signs of contagion from Credit Suisse woes
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Japan's banking lobby said on Thursday that there are no signs at the moment of the Japanese financial system being affected by a crisis of confidence ...
Mar 16, 2023
Athletics-Tokyo shot put silver medallist Saunders banned for ‘whereabouts’ failure
(Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics shot put silver medallist Raven Saunders has been handed an 18-month suspension for violating whereabouts rules, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said. "The accumulation ...
Mar 16, 2023
Rio Tinto appoints directors with mining, renewable energy experience
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto has appointed two non-executive directors, the miner said on Thursday, in response to its chairman's call for more members with experience in mining and renewable energy on the c...
Mar 16, 2023
Spanish banks’ exposure to Credit Suisse well below 1 billion euros, source says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish banks' exposure to Swiss lender Credit Suisse is immaterial and lower than 1 billion euros ($1.06 billion), a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. "The tota...
Mar 16, 2023
Poland breaks up spy network, says defence minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has broken up a espionage network operating in the country, the defence minister said on Thursday, after private broadcaster RMF FM reported that a group of spies working for...
Mar 16, 2023
Decarbonisation centre starts 5-yr partnership with container shipper MSC
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) on Thursday said they have signed a five-year agreement to work on decarbonisin...
Mar 16, 2023
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