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GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief called on the British government on Thursday to reverse legislation passed a day earlier to clamp down on protests by giving police in England and Wales more powers to act to prevent serious disruption. The Conservative government says the new powers are needed to prevent a small minority – who have been protesting mainly over environmental issues – disrupting the lives of […]

(Reuters) – The 2024 Olympic triathlon courses will start and finish on the Pont Alexandre III bridge in the centre of Paris, Games organisers announced as they unveiled the routes on Thursday. During the individual triathlon events, athletes will swim 1.5 kilometres in the Seine river from a floating pontoon near the base of the bridge, then climb 32 steps to the transition zone on Pont Alexandre III, a first […]

By Bianca Flowers and Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) -Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc topped Wall Street earnings estimates after reporting a 31% rise in profit on Thursday as a boost in U.S. infrastructure spending kept its order books full and softened the hit from higher manufacturing costs. Shares in the world’s largest construction and mining equipment maker rose as much as 3% in premarket trading but reversed course after the company […]

By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska ZAMOSC, Poland (Reuters) – A military object found in a Polish forest came from the testing of Poland’s air defence systems, private broadcaster RMF FM reported on Thursday, easing concerns it might have been fired from abroad. RMF, which did not identify its sources, said officials did not yet know what the object was. It had earlier reported without citing sources that the object could be part […]

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar remained under pressure and world share markets were trying to stay positive on Thursday, as ongoing rumbles in the U.S. banking system kept investors cautious ahead of a barrage of top-tier European and U.S. data. London, Paris and Frankfurt stocks nudged into positive territory as reassuring earnings from UK bank Barclays, Germany’s Deutsche Bank and consumer goods giant Unilever added to Facebook […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The United States and African nations raced to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to an African proposal calling for talks even as heavy fighting continued. Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which […]

(Reuters) -Domino’s Pizza Inc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter U.S. same-store sales on Thursday, boosted by higher prices as well as new promotional offers and menu items that helped draw more customers. Shares of the company rose about 5% in premarket trade. The pizza chain’s better-than-expected sales follows similar reports from McDonald’s Corp and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, which have been bumping up menu prices to protect their margins […]

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co. posted a fivefold jump in its first-quarter profit on Thursday as the company consolidated its leadership in the domestic market. Net profit for the first three months of the year was 4.13 billion yuan ($596.56 million), up 410.9% from 808.41 million yuan a year earlier, on revenue up 79.8% at 120.17 billion yuan, the company said in a stock market filing. The […]

By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska ZAMOSC, Poland (Reuters) – A military object found in a Polish forest came from the testing of Poland’s air defence systems, private broadcaster RMF FM reported on Thursday, easing concerns it might have been fired from abroad. RMF, which did not identify its sources, said officials did not yet know what the object was. It had earlier reported without citing sources that the object could be part […]