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(Reuters) – Russian forces have left the town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Kherson region, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said on Thursday, but a Russian-installed official in the region denied the troops had left. “As of 22nd March 2023, all units of the occupying army that had been deployed in the town of Nova Kakhovka in Kherson region, have left the city,” the General Staff said in its evening […]

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian coast guard has rescued around 750 migrants in two separate operations off the country’s southern coastline, hours after at least five people died and 33 were missing in an attempted sea crossing from Tunisia. The coast guard said some 295 people were rescued from a fishing boat intercepted 167 km from the eastern coast of the Calabria region, while about 450 were rescued from another […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett has been in discussions with senior Biden administration officials about the banking crisis, leading some to speculate that Buffett would consider investing in the sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Buffett has been known to invest during difficult periods for the market, famously buying a stake in Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis and in Bank of America when that […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett has been in discussions with senior Biden administration officials about the banking crisis, leading some to speculate that Buffett would consider investing in the sector following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Buffett has been known to invest during difficult periods for the market, famously buying a stake in Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis and in Bank of America when that […]

(Reuters) – The Chicago Blackhawks will not wear pride warm-up jerseys during the National Hockey League team’s Pride Night due to safety concerns related to the club’s Russian players, The Athletic reported on Thursday. Citing two Blackhawk sources, The Athletic reported that the decision not to wear rainbow-themed jerseys as part of Pride Night festivities ahead of Sunday’s showdown against the Vancouver Canucks was made by team management and security […]

By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads to China this weekend for a five-day visit to refresh relations with his country’s largest export market and seek new Chinese investment in the Latin American country. Lula will meet with Xi Jinping on March 28 in Beijing, the first foreign leader to visit the Chinese leader since he secured a precedent-breaking third […]

By Manya Saini (Reuters) – Hindenburg Research on Thursday disclosed short positions in Block Inc and alleged that the payments firm led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey overstated its user numbers and understated its customer acquisition costs. The U.S. short seller, behind a market rout of over $100 billion in India’s Adani Group, said in its report that former Block employees estimated that 40% to 75% of accounts they reviewed […]

By Horaci Garcia and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Police fired tear gas to repel violent black-clad anarchists in Paris on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of mainly peaceful protesters marched across France against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age. In a ninth day of nationwide protests, train and air travel was disrupted while teachers were among many professions to walk off the job, just days after the […]

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will introduce in its budget next week a 30% investment tax credit to boost clean-tech manufacturing, especially in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, two government sources familiar with the document said on Thursday. The tax credit for capital investments in manufacturing equipment will be a “significant piece” of a bundle of measures aimed at putting Canada’s green-transition effort on the same level […]