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By Sai Ishwarbharath B, Hritam Mukherjee and Haripriya Suresh BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s No.2 software-services exporter Infosys raised its annual revenue forecast for the third time this financial year on Thursday as its U.S. banking and retail clients warmed up to spending more on discretionary projects. The sentiment echoed that of market leader Tata Consultancy Services and smaller rival HCLTech, which also highlighted early signs of discretionary spending picking up and […]

PARIS (AP) — Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96. The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church took place under tight security, as Le Pen was a polarizing figure, convicted multiple times of antisemitism, discrimination and inciting racial violence. Family […]

LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker pleaded guilty Thursday to beating a man in a street during an incident captured on video. Mike Amesbury, 55, a member of Parliament who was suspended by the ruling center-left Labour Party after the Oct. 26 incident, pleaded guilty in Chester Magistrates’ Court to assaulting a 45-year-old man. Amesbury punched his constituent Paul Fellows in the head on a sidewalk in the town of […]

LONDON (AP) — An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in northern England. Ron Croker was drying his clothes last week when the masked thug accosted him at the unstaffed Coin-Op Launderette in Maltby in South Yorkshire. In the altercation caught on a surveillance camera, it appeared the two were struggling […]

KYIV (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a landmark 100-year partnership agreement on Thursday to deepen security ties and strengthen their countries’ relationship. “Today is a truly historic day, our relationship is closer than ever,” Zelenskiy told media after the signing. (Reporting by Olena Harmash, Editing by William Maclean) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Danielle Collins gave the hostile crowd a roasting after beating local favourite Destanee Aiava in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday, blowing kisses at the booing fans and thanking them for paying for her next five-star vacation. The 10th-seeded American said her interaction with the local fans on Kia Arena had fired her up as she came through a tricky period […]

(Reuters) – Symbotic said on Thursday it would buy Walmart’s robotics business for $200 million in cash to help expand the retailer’s automated supply chain, sending shares of the warehouse robotics firm up 20% in premarket trading. The automation firm reached another agreement with Walmart to develop the retail giant’s pickup and delivery centers using its artificial intelligence-enabled robotics platform. As a result, Walmart would fund the development program and […]

(Reuters) – PNC Financial on Thursday reported a higher fourth-quarter profit as it earned more in interest payments and set aside less capital to cover potential loan defaults. Wall Street CEOs are confident that the incoming U.S. administration would be business-friendly and good for banks. Some of the biggest U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co reported bumper results on Wednesday, while Bank of America predicted more interest income in […]

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis injured his right forearm after a fall in his residence on Thursday but did not suffer any broken bones and continued on with his agenda for the day, the Vatican said. Images from the pope’s meetings on Thursday morning showed Francis using a simple cloth sling, wrapped around his neck, to hold up his right arm. The injury is the second […]

PRAGUE (Reuters) -At least two people were killed at a school in eastern Slovakia after a student attacked people with a knife, broadcaster TA3 reported on Thursday. The TASR agency reported that the attack took place in the town of Spisska Stara Ves. Several emergency medical and emergency medical crews are responding to the scene, TA3 reported, adding that in addition to the two confirmed dead one other person was […]