European shares edge lower ahead of crucial US jobs data
Dec 16 (Reuters) - European shares drifted lower on Tuesday, pulling back after robust gains in the previous session, while investor caution ahead of crucial U.S. jobs data added to the dour mood. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.1% at 581.87 as ...
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Man, couple who died trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers praised for heroic efforts
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers ar...
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French private sector growth slows to a crawl in December, flash PMIs show
PARIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - French private sector business growth slowed to a near halt in December, according to a monthly survey from S&P Global, which said ongoing political uncertainty was continuing to weigh on the euro zone's second-biggest econom...
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Ford recalls nearly 32,000 vehicles, NHTSA says
Dec 16 (Reuters) - Ford Motor is recalling 32,160 vehicles in the United States, as loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Tuesday. The report added that a half ...
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Thailand works to repatriate thousands stranded at Cambodia border crossing
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Thailand is working out how to repatriate up to 6,000 citizens unable to return home through a major border crossing in Cambodia closed as fighting along the contested border exten...
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Iraq's dreams of wheat independence dashed by water crisis
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation...
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China reiterates demand that Japanese PM retract Taiwan remarks
BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reiterated its demand that Japan retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan, more than a month after Takaichi said an attack on the democratically governed island could be deemed an exis...
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Japan passes $118 billion extra budget to fund its biggest post-COVID stimulus
TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Japan's upper house passed an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) extra budget on Tuesday, giving Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the green light to roll out the country's largest stimulus package since the COVID-19 pandemic des...
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Bank of Korea board members wary of FX risks, preserving policy room, minutes show
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Most Bank of Korea board members were worried about a weaker won fueling financial instability and price pressure as they kept interest rates unchanged on November 27, minutes of the meeting showed, signalling ...
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TotalEnergies wins 21-year deal to power Google data centres in Malaysia
Dec 16 (Reuters) - France's TotalEnergies said on Tuesday it had signed a 21-year power supply deal with Alphabet's Google, pledging to supply 1 terawatt hour of renewable energy to support its data centres in Malaysia. The French energy major said ...
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