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(Reuters) – Futures tracking Canada’s main stock index were muted on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of domestic economic growth data and key U.S. inflation numbers. Contracts tied to gold prices were also little changed and precious and base metal prices remained subdued as markets awaited U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) data, due at 8:30 a.m. ET. The PCE data will offer clues on the outlook for interest rate […]

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) -Rescuers used cranes and ropes to look for survivors a day after the roof of a well collapsed in a temple complex in central India killing 36 people and injuring 16, a government official said on Friday. The incident occurred in the Indian city of Indore when a concrete slab covering the roof of a stepwell in a temple complex gave way, crushing devotees […]

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – France’s hard-left CGT union elected Sophie Binet as its first woman leader on Friday and she vowed to continue her organisation’s fight with the government over pension reform. Binet, 41, is the first woman to run France’s second-largest union since its foundation in 1895. A former school supervisor and head of a division in the union representing engineers, managers and technical staff, she takes […]

By Phil Noble HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – King Charles laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the allied bombing in World War Two during a visit to Hamburg’s St Nikolai memorial, the remains of a church in Germany’s northern port city severely damaged by the air raids. The gesture comes on the last day of Charles’ three-day tour of Germany, his first overseas state trip since ascending the […]

(Reuters) – BP Plc said it would provide the drivers of Uber Technologies Inc incentives on its electric charging hubs under a new deal announced on Friday. Uber and BP would initially collaborate in key markets, including the United States, UK, and Europe, to help the ride-hailing company achieve its 2030 emissions targets, followed by Australia and New Zealand, the companies said in a statement. Uber aims to be a […]

(Reuters) – Futures tracking Canada’s main stock index were muted on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of domestic economic growth data and key U.S. inflation numbers. Contracts tied to gold prices were also little changed and precious and base metal prices remained subdued as markets awaited U.S. personal consumption expenditures (PCE) data, due at 8:30 a.m. ET. The PCE data will offer clues on the outlook for interest rate […]

By Phil Noble HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – King Charles laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the allied bombing in World War Two during a visit to Hamburg’s St Nikolai memorial, the remains of a church in Germany’s northern port city severely damaged by the air raids. The gesture comes on the last day of Charles’ three-day tour of Germany, his first overseas state trip since ascending the […]

By Max Hunder and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV (Reuters) -Scuffles broke out outside a Kyiv monastery on Thursday after a Ukrainian branch of the Orthodox Church that the government says has ties with Russia defied an eviction order. Tensions over the presence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) at the 980-year-old Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery have risen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year. Kyiv accuses the UOC of maintaining […]

By Adrian Portugal FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine troops staged live-fire exercises with their U.S. counterparts in the Southeast Asian country’s largest military camp as part of army-to-army drills aimed at enhancing Manila’s defence capabilities against external threats. The drills come after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s decision in February to expand the United States’ access to his country’s military bases – a move that has infuriated China, which accuses […]