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South Africa’s Naspers reports 24% rise in full-year profit
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African media and e-commerce group Naspers Ltd reported a 24% rise in profit for the year that ended March 31, boosted primarily by the performance of its investment in ...
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UK minister says pretty sure pension ‘triple lock’ will stay
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Monday he was "pretty sure" the so-called 'triple lock' system for increasing state pensions would not be changed to pay for the c...
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IKEA, Rockefeller foundations to pledge $1 billion in clean energy push
(Reuters) - IKEA Foundation, the charitable arm of the world's biggest furniture retailer, and the Rockefeller Foundation said on Monday they plan to set up a $1-billion fund to support renewable ener...
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Freight tech startup Forto raises $240 million in Softbank-led round
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Forto has raised $240 million from investors led by Softbank, the freight technology startup said on Monday, and will invest in expanding its platform for organis...
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Maersk VC co-leads funding round in Egyptian start-up Trella
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Egyptian startup Trella, a digital platform connecting truckers with freight loads, has raised $42 million in equity and debt, including from the venture capita...
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Armenian acting PM’s party wins parliamentary election with 53.92% of vote -Ifax cites electoral commission
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia's acting prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and his Civil Contract party won a parliamentary election with 53.92% of the vote, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, cit...
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Dubai Airshow to take place under capacity restrictions, organiser says
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - The Dubai Airshow, this year's biggest aerospace trade show and a spectacle for business deals worth billions of dollars, will be held under capacity restrictio...
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What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 45% by 2030 to have any hope of meeting Paris Agreement targe...
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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Dongguan becomes latest Guangdong city to be hit by COVID-19 The major manufacturing hub of Dongguan in China's most populous ...
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Soccer-Qatar says only vaccinated fans allowed at World Cup 2022
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar will only allow people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend next year's World Cup and is in talks to secure one million doses in case global immunisation efforts lag, th...
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