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* New PM Diab backed by Hezbollah and its allies
(Adds protests, attempts to steady Lebanese pound)
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DAVOS, Jan 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Top NGOs
including Greenpeace and Amnesty International called for the
$1.1 billion sale of the .org internet domain to a private
company to be blocked on Wednesday, saying it could do
"irreparable harm".
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Investors pulled $4.5 billion
out of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold U.S.
stocks last week, extending the longest consecutive pullback
from the domestic stock market since the spring of 2016,
according to data released on Wednesday by the Investment
Company Institute.
The retreat from...
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Longstanding plans to increase
Ireland's statutory retirement age and the knock-on effects on
pension payments have become an unexpected issue ahead of the
Feb. 8 election, putting the government on the back foot.
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UK is discovering even close allies can be hard-nosed when it comes to trade
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Discussions between Telecom Italia
and Open Fiber to merger their fibre-optic assets are still
ongoing but "in life there is always a plan B," the chief
executive of Italy's biggest phone group said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Senator
Elizabeth Warren, a contender for the Democratic Party's
presidential nomination, is asking the biggest U.S. banks for
details on their assessments of and preparations for risks
related to global warming.
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A guide to the race to lead the UK’s opposition
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A Russian government reshuffle
that brought in a new first deputy prime minister and a new
economy minister is an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to
secure his economic legacy, say two sources close to the
government, but it also carries risks.
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Boeing's decision to
advise customers its grounded 737 MAX jet was unlikely to secure
flight approval until mid-year was not due to any new technical
issues, a senior marketing executive said on Wednesday.