Tens of thousands of people have marched for Russia southeastern Khabarovsk city on the border with China to protest the regional governor’s arrest on murder charges, continuing a two-week wave of protests that has challenged the Kremlin. Sergei Furgal has been in a Moscow jail since his arrest on July …
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Text size JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images Centrica’s shares soared more than 17% after it agreed to sell Direct Energy, its North American energy business, to NRG Energy for $ 3.6 billion in cash. Houston-based Direct Energy provides electricity, natural gas, and home services to consumers and businesses …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – HSBC on Saturday denied Chinese media reports of having “framed” Huawei Technologies and played a role in the arrest of the chief financial officer (CFO) of the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker. FILE PHOTO: HSBC Headquarters lights up in Hong Kong’s Central Business District on November 3, …
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Russian scientists are working to retrieve a well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth from a lake in northern Siberia. July 24, 2020, 7:30 pm 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article MOSCOW – Russian scientists are working to retrieve the well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth, which …
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(Reuters) – Nearly 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections in the past week, about double the number it did the week before, according to a Reuters count showing a rebound in the pandemic in every region of the world. FILE PHOTO: A nurse works inside a …
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