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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five weeks into Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israelis are spending less but a recovery may have begun after a steep drop at the start of the conflict, the Bank of Israel said on Tuesday. The central bank said that since the war’s outbreak, credit card spending – a key indicator of consumer expenditures that is more than half of economic output […]

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five weeks into Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israelis are spending less but a recovery may have begun after a steep drop at the start of the conflict, the Bank of Israel said on Tuesday. The central bank said that since the war’s outbreak, credit card spending – a key indicator of consumer expenditures that is more than half of economic output […]

(Reuters) -Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar’s Chin state are trying to gain control of part of the porous border with India, after taking over two military outposts on the mountainous frontier, a rebel commander said, part of a wider offensive against the junta. Dozens of rebels battled the Myanmar military from dawn to dusk on Monday to overrun two camps next to India’s Mizoram state, Chin National Front (CNF) Vice Chairman […]

(Reuters) -Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar’s Chin state are trying to gain control of part of the porous border with India, after taking over two military outposts on the mountainous frontier, a rebel commander said, part of a wider offensive against the junta. Dozens of rebels battled the Myanmar military from dawn to dusk on Monday to overrun two camps next to India’s Mizoram state, Chin National Front (CNF) Vice Chairman […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura &Co said on Tuesday it has signed a binding agreement to sell subsidiary The Body Shop to private investor Aurelius Group in a deal with an enterprise value of 207 million UK pounds ($254.32 million). Natura said the agreement includes a potential earn-out of 90 million pounds, adding that both the sale price and the earn-out would be paid within five years […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura &Co said on Tuesday it has signed a binding agreement to sell subsidiary The Body Shop to private investor Aurelius Group in a deal with an enterprise value of 207 million UK pounds ($254.32 million). Natura said the agreement includes a potential earn-out of 90 million pounds, adding that both the sale price and the earn-out would be paid within five years […]

(Reuters) – Kyiv and Warsaw again failed to reach an agreement to stop a week-long Polish truckers’ protest at Ukraine’s border, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Polish drivers have been blocking roads to three crossings, in what they call a response to government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They insist on the return of a limited number of […]

(Reuters) – Kyiv and Warsaw again failed to reach an agreement to stop a week-long Polish truckers’ protest at Ukraine’s border, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Polish drivers have been blocking roads to three crossings, in what they call a response to government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They insist on the return of a limited number of […]

(Reuters) – The organisers of next year’s Olympic Games have called for vigilance after French security services said they had uncovered a disinformation campaign emanating from Azerbaijan that aimed to undermine the French capital’s capacity to hold the event. The campaign, which included pictures and a video showing clashes between French police and protesters that were seen by millions of people, ran with the slogan #boycottparis2024 following riots in Paris […]