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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -At least eight people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering widespread floods, officials said on Wednesday. Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of farmland. Eight […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. crypto firm Ripple has bought Switzerland-based crypto custody firm Metaco for $250 million, in its first major acquisition, Ripple said on Wednesday. Metaco makes technology which allows financial institutions to store and manage digital assets. Its clients include Citi, BNP Paribas, and Societe Generale’s digital asset arm. Investor interest in crypto assets has cooled following a drop in cryptocurrency prices in 2022 and […]

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly in a decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defense in an impeachment process against him. Lasso denies accusations he turned a blind eye to alleged embezzlement related to a contract at state-owned oil transportation company Flopec. (Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; Writing by OLiver Griffin; Editing by Andrew […]

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -At least eight people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering widespread floods, officials said on Wednesday. Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of farmland. Eight […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. crypto firm Ripple has bought Switzerland-based crypto custody firm Metaco for $250 million, in its first major acquisition, Ripple said on Wednesday. Metaco makes technology which allows financial institutions to store and manage digital assets. Its clients include Citi, BNP Paribas, and Societe Generale’s digital asset arm. Investor interest in crypto assets has cooled following a drop in cryptocurrency prices in 2022 and […]

(Reuters) -The Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix at Imola will not be held this weekend due to extreme weather in the northern Italian region, organisers said on Wednesday. At least three people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as devastating floods hit the Emilia Romagna region, authorities said on Wednesday. Transport Minister Matteo Salvini had earlier called for the race to be postponed “to concentrate all efforts […]

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -At least eight people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering widespread floods, officials said on Wednesday. Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said some areas had received half their average annual rainfall in just 36 hours, causing rivers to burst their banks, sending water cascading through towns and submerging thousands of acres of farmland. Eight […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor on Tuesday, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the state’s attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed a convincing victory over a 12-candidate field that included Kelly Craft, who served as United Nations ambassador in […]

By Andrew Hayley XIAN, China (Reuters) – China wants to further deepen relations with Kazakhstan based on mutual trust in times of both “prosperity and adversity”, President Xi Jinping told his visiting Kazakh counterpart on Wednesday. This week, China will for the first time host an in-person summit of Central Asian leaders, building ties in Russia’s backyard as Beijing’s relations with the West sour. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan […]