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CAIRO (Reuters) -Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Friday a vessel was involved in an “incident” south of Yemen’s coastal town of Nishtun, downgrading the event from an “attack”. The agency had previously said the vessel was under attack and that shots were fired, adding that three boats, each with three or four people aboard, were also sighted. UKMTO later said it had confirmed the event by authorities […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota brand, the companies said on Friday. They said the door trim on the affected vehicles had been modified with a “notch” to minimise the risk in testing that the door interior could break with a sharp edge and […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday that its strategic bombers had carried out what it called high-precision missile strikes on Ukrainian army reserve units overnight to prevent them from getting to the frontline. The attacks, the first large-scale Russian air strikes in nearly two months, were reported to have killed at least 17 people, according to Ukrainian authorities. They said the victims included several children who […]

(Reuters) -Investment bank Lazard Ltd on Friday reported a surprise loss in the first quarter as global dealmaking sank to its lowest level in more than a decade due to economic uncertainty, exacerbated by a banking crisis last month. The company also warned of an uncertain outlook for the year and said it would eliminate around 10% of its workforce in 2023, which could result in additional costs of around […]

TUNIS (Reuters) – Coastguards have retrieved the bodies of 41 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, a senior national guard official told Reuters on Friday. The coastguard has recovered 210 bodies of migrants over the last 10 days, the senior national guard official said. Tunisian morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in crossings. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Writing by Tala Ramadan in […]

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. crude oil being added to the global Brent benchmark will lack the list of cargoes scheduled to load that could help set the price, a change for an industry that is accustomed to using such programmes to assess supplies. Oil-index publisher S&P Global Platts is adding U.S. WTI Midland crude to its dated Brent oil price assessment for June deliveries, which is […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars, most of which were sold under the Toyota brand, the companies said on Friday. They said the door trim on the affected vehicles had been modified with a “notch” to minimise the risk in testing that the door interior could break with a sharp edge and […]

(Reuters) – Real Madrid’s Luka Modric has suffered a thigh injury, and the veteran midfielder could be a doubt for their Copa del Rey final against Osasuna on May 6, manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday. Modric, 37, played a little over an hour in Real’s 4-2 defeat by Girona over the weekend before he was substituted. Real will be looking to win the Copa del Rey for the 20th […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests carried out for some 88,000 small cars made and sold under the Toyota brand, the companies said on Friday. They said the door trim on the affected vehicles had been modified with a “notch” to minimise the risk in testing that the door interior could break with a sharp edge and cause injury […]