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LONDON (Reuters) – India’s batters should be prepared to grind out runs in tricky English conditions against Australia’s fiery pace attack in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Oval, skipper Rohit Sharma said on Monday. Facing a prodigiously swinging Dukes ball fired by Pat Cummins or Mitchell Starc would be a totally different experience for Rohit’s team mates most of whom were busy in the Indian Premier League […]

By Aditi Shah and Tim Hepher ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The United States is in a “business recession” but the consumer is “strong”, Scott Kirby, chief executive of United Airlines, the world’s largest carrier, told reporters at an aviation conference in Istanbul on Monday. This can be seen as leisure air travellers come back stronger and faster than business travellers, Kirby said at the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association […]

(Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had retaken part of the village of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, calling it a “disgrace”. Prigozhin’s private Wagner militia captured Bakhmut last month after the longest battle of the war and handed its positions there to regular Russian troops. Ukrainian forces have continued to attack areas north and south of the city including Berkhivka, whose […]

By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) – On a sunny spring day, Dan Angelescu was testing the water quality of Paris’ Seine river by the bridge Alexander III – a scenic view for next year’s swimming marathon and triathlon Olympic trials. Angelescu has been working for the city since 2017 on its longtime project to make the Seine swimmable. The 2024 Games are a good opportunity to fast-track it in order […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar recorded a budget surplus of 19.7 billion Qatari riyals ($5.40 billion) in the first quarter of 2023, its state news agency said on Monday, citing the finance ministry. Total revenues for Q1 stood at 68.6 billion riyals, of which 63.4 billion were oil and gas revenues, the Qatar News Agency statement said, while non-oil revenues amounted to 5.2 billion riyals. ($1 = 3.6450 Qatar riyals) (Reporting […]

(Reuters) – Global equity funds saw a seventh straight week of outflows in the seven days to May 31 on global economic slowdown concerns after weaker readings from China and major European countries. Investors disposed of a net $4.55 billion of global equity funds during the week, Refinitiv Lipper data showed, compared with a weekly withdrawal of about $3.54 billion a week ago. Data showing a recession in Germany in […]

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for a Donald Trump victory while throwing up roadblocks for his main rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, party members and strategists said. Republicans who fear Trump is too polarizing a figure to beat Democratic President Joe Biden in 2024 worry that if too many candidates jump into the party’s contest, […]

By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds ditched European equities last week for stocks in the United States and Japan, client notes from JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs show, as strong economic data lifted equity markets in both countries. Commodity Trading Advisors, hedge funds that use algorithms to trade market trends, rotated out of European and Hong Kong stocks and have moved into the United States and […]

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for a Donald Trump victory while throwing up roadblocks for his main rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, party members and strategists said. Republicans who fear Trump is too polarizing a figure to beat Democratic President Joe Biden in 2024 worry that if too many candidates jump into the party’s contest, […]