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Exclusive-Venezuela tightens oil prepayment rules, documents show
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA is toughening terms for buyers after a month-long halt to most exports of crude and fuel, demanding prepayment ahead of loading...
Jan 30, 2023
PPD investigating armed robbery at a Peoria Auto Zone
PEORIA, Ill. — Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Peoria AutoZone store on Saturday night. A witness told Peoria Police a man came into the store near the corner of S. Western Avenue...
Jan 30, 2023
Euro zone economic sentiment rises in January to seven-month high
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone economic sentiment rose to a seven-month high in January on more optimism across all sectors except construction, with inflation expectations among consumers and compani...
Jan 30, 2023
China contacts Prague over Czech president-elect speaking to Taiwan president
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday it was in touch with Prague over President-elect Petr Pavel's scheduled call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-Wen. Pavel is due to speak...
Jan 30, 2023
Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Te...
Jan 30, 2023
All countries ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics, says IFRC
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, call...
Jan 30, 2023
Kremlin-linked Russian businessman faces U.S. trial for hack-and-trade scheme
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin faces trial on Monday on U.S. charges that he participated in a vast scheme that generated tens of millions of...
Jan 30, 2023
Fed’s words in focus as markets bet rate hikes will soon end
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. central bankers have unambiguously telegraphed this week's policy decision: a quarter-of-a-percentage-point increase in their benchmark interest rate, the smallest since...
Jan 30, 2023
Falling costs may boost McDonald’s, other restaurant profits in 2023
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the cost of butter plunging nearly 16% in a month and wholesale broiler chickens getting cheaper, some big restaurant chains including McDonald's and Starbucks...
Jan 30, 2023
Factbox-Soccer-Factbox on the Club World Cup
RABAT (Reuters) - Factbox for the Club World Cup, which kicks off in Morocco on Wednesday: PARTICIPATING CLUBS The six continental champions, plus the champions of the host country participate. In the...
Jan 30, 2023
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