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World shares nudge towards record high with Powell in focus, dollar in the doldrums

By Alun John and Stella Qiu LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -World shares steadied on Friday, sitting just 1% shy of all-time highs, while the dollar languished around one-year lows ahead of a speech by the

Dollar slips against yen ahead of Powell’s speech

By Ankur Banerjee and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the yen on Friday as traders geared up for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole summit and

Exclusive-WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before its approval

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Friday its partners such as Gavi and Unicef can start buying mpox vaccines before they are approved by the U.N. health agency,

Islamist prisoners slash guards, seize hostages in Russian jail

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Knife-wielding prisoners identifying themselves as Islamic State militants staged a bloody attack on guards in a Russian penal colony on Friday and seized hostages, according to

Thai court accepts lawsuit against security personnel over deaths of 85 protesters

By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Friday accepted a criminal lawsuit against seven senior security personnel over their alleged roles in the deaths two

Covestro, Holcim help German investigators after drone flights over plants

By Friederike Heine and Paolo Laudani GDANSK/BERLIN (Reuters) - German chemicals group Covestro and Swiss cement maker Holcim said on Friday they were helping Germany probe suspected espionage after

Baby paralysed in Gaza’s first case of type 2 polio for 25 years, WHO says

By Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) - A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health

Body found by Italy rescue divers is Mike Lynch’s daughter – source

PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian divers have retrieved the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, who was the last person still unaccounted for after the family's

Indian banks’ loans rose 13.6% y/y in two weeks to Aug 9 – central bank

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Indian banks' loans rose 13.6% in the two weeks to Aug. 9 from a year earlier, while deposits rose 10.9%, the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement showed on Friday.

Indian govt had no outstanding loans from RBI in Aug 16 week

Aug 23 (Reuters) - The Indian government had no outstanding loans with the central bank under ways and means advances in the week ended Aug. 16, according to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.