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Mexico bus plunges off cliff, at least 18 die
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed and 33 injured when a bus fell off a cliff in western Mexico, local authorities said Sunday. The prosecutor's office in Nayarit, the state where ...
Apr 30, 2023
Paraguay’s President-elect Santiago Pena: puppet or pragmatist?
By Lucinda Elliott and Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Pena, a clean-cut former central bank director, will need all his wits and cool to steer the South Amer...
Apr 30, 2023
Japan’s factory activity contracts at slower pace in April – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity contracted for the sixth straight month in April, but the details of a private survey released on Monday showed the manufacturing sector was edging towards s...
Apr 30, 2023
Oil prices slide on Fed rate hike expectations, weaker China PMI
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday as jitters over the prospect of the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates combined with weaker Chinese manufacturing data to erase ...
Apr 30, 2023
South Korea exports contract for seventh month, longest streak in 3 years
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's exports fell for a seventh straight month in April in annual terms, data showed on Monday, marking their longest losing streak in three years and suggesting persistent ...
Apr 30, 2023
Brazil’s Lula pledges new minimum wage policy, expanded tax exemption
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to introduce a new policy of real increases in the minimum wage and announced plans to raise the income tax exempti...
Apr 30, 2023
Golf-Rahm sets record for most money earned in a PGA Tour season
(Reuters) - Jon Rahm fell short in his bid to successfully defend his Mexico Open title on Sunday but the Spaniard's second place finish set a new benchmark for the most money won in a single season o...
Apr 30, 2023
Astellas Pharma buys Iveric Bio for $5.9 billion
(Reuters) - Japan's Astellas Pharma said on Monday it had fully acquired drugmaker IVERIC Bio Inc, through Berry Merger Sub, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astellas US Holding, Inc. Astellas bought...
Apr 30, 2023
Analysis-Inflation, labour crunch prodding Japan’s smaller firms to raise pay
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - Rising inflation and an intensifying labour crunch are prodding smaller local Japanese firms to follow their big counterparts in raising pay...
Apr 30, 2023
US Senator Tim Scott teases May 22 announcement on presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Tim Scott plans to announce his decision on entering the 2024 presidential on May 22, according to media reports on Sunday, in a potential challenge to f...
Apr 30, 2023
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