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Jobless young Chinese seek solace in temples, tale of failed scholar
By Laurie Chen and Sophie Yu BEIJING (Reuters) - Queues stretch hundreds of metres around temples in China on weekends, as despondent young worshippers pray to find jobs in an economy slowly clawing i...
Apr 26, 2023
Russians pound frontline positions in Bakhmut, Ukraine military says
(Reuters) - Russian forces pounded the city of Bakhmut, the months-old focal point of their attempts to capture the eastern Ukrainian industrial region of Donbas, and the head of Russia's Wagner merce...
Apr 26, 2023
Bolivia takes control of Banco Fassil, executives arrested
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government took control of one of the country's largest banks, Banco Fassil, a senior government financial official said on Wednesday, and police arrested several executiv...
Apr 26, 2023
Woodside faces investor wrath over climate concerns
(Reuters) - Woodside Energy Group Ltd faces an investor backlash at its annual general meeting on Friday, as shareholder groups call for a vote against its executive pay and seek to remove three direc...
Apr 26, 2023
Oil prices rebound after recession fear, Russia exports fuelled earlier losses
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday, paring earlier losses that were fuelled by U.S. recession fear and increased Russian oil exports dulling the impact of OPEC production...
Apr 26, 2023
Nomura shares drop more than 7% after posting 76% profit drop
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings Inc shares dropped more than 7% early on Thursday after it posted a sharp fall in its quarterly net profit as worries about a global banking crisis roiled markets and...
Apr 26, 2023
Geely’s EV brand Zeekr jumps on the ‘gigapress’ bandwagon
By Norihiko Shirouzu (Reuters) - Geely's EV brand Zeekr is the latest to join a growing list of automakers that have turned to the "gigapress" die casting technique pioneered by Tesla to slash the cos...
Apr 26, 2023
Two U.S. Air Force commanders suspended in unit of accused intelligence leaker
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force has suspended two commanders from the National Guard unit where accused classified intelligence leaker Jack Teixeira served, a USAF spokesman said on Wed...
Apr 26, 2023
Samsung Electronics reports 95% plunge in first-quarter profit
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd reported a 95% plunge in first-quarter profit on Thursday as it grapples with a sharp global downturn in semiconductor demand that has sent prices plummeti...
Apr 26, 2023
US adds Belarus, Bulgaria to intellectual property watch list
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office added Belarus to an intellectual property rights watch list over a new law allowing the unauthorized use of copyrighted wo...
Apr 26, 2023
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