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(Reuters) – Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp struck a sombre note on Friday after it was confirmed that the club could not finish in the Premier League’s top four but he said he was optimistic as they rebuild for next season. Liverpool’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League ended when Manchester United thrashed Chelsea 4-1 on Thursday to guarantee a top-four finish and ensure Klopp’s side would end the campaign […]

KYIV (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 15 wounded in a Russian missile strike on a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. He denounced the attack as a crime against humanity, and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a serious war crime under the Geneva Conventions, which set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. […]

KYIV (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 15 wounded in a Russian missile strike on a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. He denounced the attack as a crime against humanity, and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a serious war crime under the Geneva Conventions, which set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. […]

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some corporate treasurers are stepping up their contingency plans to address any upcoming funding and liquidity needs to get ahead of the risk of debt default as talks in Washington drag on, finance executives and advisors said. With the U.S. Treasury Department warning that the federal government could run out of money to pay all its bills as soon as June 1, some companies […]

By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some corporate treasurers are stepping up their contingency plans to address any upcoming funding and liquidity needs to get ahead of the risk of debt default as talks in Washington drag on, finance executives and advisors said. With the U.S. Treasury Department warning that the federal government could run out of money to pay all its bills as soon as June 1, some companies […]

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada’s no.2 lender TD Bank Group will push ahead with its U.S. expansion by focusing on organic growth, after its M&A-led strategy in the world’s biggest banking market suffered a setback this month, a top official told Reuters on Thursday. TD has made U.S. growth a key priority as it deals with a saturated market at home and had pinned its hopes on $13.4 billion […]

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada’s no.2 lender TD Bank Group will push ahead with its U.S. expansion by focusing on organic growth, after its M&A-led strategy in the world’s biggest banking market suffered a setback this month, a top official told Reuters on Thursday. TD has made U.S. growth a key priority as it deals with a saturated market at home and had pinned its hopes on $13.4 billion […]

By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country’s homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the plane’s first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier’s app showed on Friday. The C919 flight will take off as flight number MU9191 at 10:45 a.m. Beijing time (0245 GMT) from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and arrive in Beijing Capital Airport at 1:10 p.m. It will […]

By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country’s homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the plane’s first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier’s app showed on Friday. The C919 flight will take off as flight number MU9191 at 10:45 a.m. Beijing time (0245 GMT) from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and arrive in Beijing Capital Airport at 1:10 p.m. It will […]