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Maxwell formally requests new trial after lawyers raise concern about juror

20 Jan 2022

(This Jan.19 story corrects typographical error in headline) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers late on Wednesday formally asked for a new trial after the British socialite’s lawyers raised concern about a juror’s possible failure to disclose before the trial that he was sexually abused as a child. Maxwell, 60, was …

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China’s international flight suspensions leave travellers stranded, hurt businesses

20 Jan 2022

By Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – When Dwight Law’s father died in November, the Shanghai-based U.S. expat flew back to Kansas, leaving his wife and dog behind in China while he attended to matters relating to his father’s death. Law, who runs an architecture and design firm, has lived in Shanghai for …

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Maxwell formally requests new trial after lawyers raise concern about juror

20 Jan 2022

(Refiles to correct typographical error in headline) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers late on Wednesday formally asked for a new trial after the British socialite’s lawyers raised concern about a juror’s possible failure to disclose before the trial that he was sexually abused as a child. Maxwell, 60, was convicted https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maxwell-jury-resume-deliberations-after-judge-warns-omicron-risk-2021-12-29 …

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Mortgages drive recovery in Bankinter’s lending income

20 Jan 2022

By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -A rise in lending thanks to new mortgages drove a recovery in financial margins at Spain’s Bankinter’s in the fourth quarter, although net profit fell on one-off charges. Net interest income (NII), earnings on loans minus deposit costs, rose 0.1% year-on-year to 320.2 million euros ($363.8 million), the bank said …

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China says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea, U.S. denies

20 Jan 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese forces followed and warned away a U.S. warship which entered waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country’s military said on Thursday, but the U.S. Navy denied the ship had been warned off. The Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army said the USS Benfold “illegally” sailed …

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Cold-case investigation names surprise suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal

20 Jan 2022

By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A six-year cold case investigation into the betrayal of Anne Frank has identified a surprising suspect in the mystery of how the Nazis found the hiding place of the famous diarist in 1944. Anne and seven other Jews were discovered by the Nazis on …

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Taiwan December export orders hit record high, warns on supply chains

20 Jan 2022

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s export orders grew faster than expected in December to a record high due to sustained technology demand, but the government warned of supply chain uncertainty that could affect the outlook. Taiwan’s export orders, a bellwether of global technology demand, rose 12.1% from a year earlier to $67.9 billion last month, the highest …

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U.S. Supreme Court spurns Trump bid to keep Capitol attack records secret

20 Jan 2022

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The decision means the documents, held by a federal …

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Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

20 Jan 2022

KABUL (Reuters) – In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes. A few months ago, before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement seized power in August, she employed more than 80 people, mostly women, across …

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Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed

20 Jan 2022

KABUL (Reuters) – In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew scarves, dresses and baby clothes. A few months ago, before the hardline Islamist Taliban movement seized power in August, she employed more than 80 people, mostly women, across …

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