By Alex Lawler, Julia Payne and Ron Bousso LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) – Almost half the shortfall in planned oil supply by OPEC and its allies is down to Nigeria and Angola, data seen by Reuters shows, reflecting a number of factors including moves by Western oil majors away from African projects. OPEC and its allies, known …
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By Shanima A (Reuters) -Holiday Inn owner IHG said on Friday that pent-up demand and more hotel stays during the U.S. Spring Break lifted occupancy rates and prices, raising its revenue per room closer to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter. “As occupancy levels rise and due to the strength of our brands, our hotels …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard broke down in tears on the witness stand on Thursday as she said ex-husband Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle and threatened to kill her shortly after the pair were married. Testifying in a widely watched defamation trial, Heard said she visited …
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Matt Spetalnick RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director last year told senior Brazilian officials that President Jair Bolsonaro should stop casting doubt on his country’s voting system ahead of the October election, sources told Reuters. The previously unreported comments by CIA Director William Burns came …
By Nivedita Balu and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Elon Musk is expected to become Twitter’s temporary CEO after closing his $44 billion takeover of the social-media firm, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the billionaire inches closer to securing funds for the deal. Musk, the world’s richest man, is also the …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told Bennett in a phonecall that Russia would allow civilian passage from the besieged Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol via a …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will visit Ukraine shortly, after the two countries mended a diplomatic rift over Kyiv’s refusal to receive German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Steinmeier held “good talks” earlier on Thursday, Scholz told a news conference. The German head …
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By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -“Aquaman” actor Amber Heard choked back tears on Wednesday as she testified that ex-husband Johnny Depp physically abused her, starting with slaps after she laughed at one of his tattoos and escalating to a “cavity search” of her body for cocaine. Heard took the witness stand for the first time in …
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, asked the chair of the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to preserve its records related to Elon Musk’s pending acquisition of Twitter Inc. The request indicates that Jordan may investigate the FTC’s merger review. Jordan expressed …
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By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage on Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles by an assailant who tackled him to the ground before being apprehended and arrested, video footage verified by Reuters showed. The New York Times reported that Chappelle, 48, left the stage following …
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