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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s toppled leader Omar al-Bashir had been moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the Sudanese capital before heavy fighting broke out there on April 15, two sources at the hospital said. The whereabouts of Bashir came into question after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on Tuesday he had left the prison with other ex-officials. Both Bashir and Haroun are wanted […]

(Fixes spelling in deadline) (Reuters) -World number five Stefanos Tsitsipas said his run to the final in Barcelona had served as a reminder of what it felt like to be a strong contender at a tournament again and left him full of confidence heading into this week’s Madrid Open. After missing out on a first Grand Slam title in January with defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final, […]

By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Ukraine is working with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and American companies to collect evidence of war crimes by Russians, such as geolocation and cellphone information, senior officials said on Tuesday. Ukrainian authorities are collecting digital information from battlefields and Ukrainian towns ravaged by the war since Russia invaded the country last February, said Alex Kobzanets, a FBI special agent who previously […]

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Safran kept its 2023 financial outlook unchanged as it reported sharp growth in quarterly revenues, buoyed by a swift recovery in air traffic demand. Safran, which provides engines for Boeing and Airbus narrow-body jets through its CFM International joint venture with General Electric, said first-quarter revenues rose 24.7% on an organic basis to 5.266 billion euros ($5.78 billion). Core propulsion revenues rose by 34.9%, on an […]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish bank Handelsbanken reported first-quarter net profit above market expectations on Wednesday on the back of climbing interest income and said its credit quality remained good against a backdrop of heightened uncertainty. Soaring inflation over the past year has seen central banks crank up key rates radically, boosting interest income for banks such as Handelsbanken, but also spurring their own costs and ramping up pressure on their customers […]

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean display panel maker LG Display on Wednesday posted its fourth straight quarterly loss, trailing estimates, as global demand for devices like computers and monitors remained depressed amid an uncertain economic climate. LG Display, an Apple Inc supplier, posted a 1.1 trillion won ($822.59 million) operating loss for the January-March quarter, versus a profit of 38 billion won a year earlier. The result missed a forecast of […]

By David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican bill authorizing a $1.5 trillion increase to the U.S. debt ceiling, coupled with deep spending cuts over a decade, hit a snag late on Tuesday, as a key committee delayed advancing the legislation to the full House of Representatives for debate and passage. The House Rules Committee, the gatekeeper for all legislation in the chamber, unexpectedly went into recess after […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Honda Motor Co on Wednesday unveiled it struck a strategic collaboration agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) as part of steps the company was taking to secure a stable supply of semiconductors. Honda will build direct relationships with chip producers for the long-term stable supply of chips, chief executive Toshihiro Mibe said at a news conference where he laid out the automaker’s business strategy. “Honda […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean display panel maker LG Display posted on Wednesday its fourth consecutive quarterly loss, as global demand for electronic devices such as computers and monitors remained depressed amid an uncertain economic climate. LG Display, an Apple Inc supplier, posted a 1.1 trillion won ($822.59 million) operating loss for the January-March quarter, versus a profit of 38 billion won a year earlier. The result missed a forecast […]