Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy university buildings in Dutch cities
By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday occupied university buildings in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Groningen and Eindhoven, condemning Israel's war in Gaza, the Dutch protest group behind the acti...
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Palestinians desperate to flee Rafah as Israelis bear down
By Mohammed Salem RAFAH (Reuters) - The Anseir family loaded their meagre belongings on a beat up car hoping to escape before an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah -- where more than a million Gazans who had thought they would be safe are now strugg...
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UBS CEO says Switzerland should not "overshoot" with capital demands
By Elisa Martinuzzi ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti said on Monday that criticism that the bank had become too big for Switzerland and that it needed to set aside more capital were misplaced. Ermotti, who was brought back to UBS last year to l...
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Fed to cut rates in September, say nearly two-thirds of economists: Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate twice this year, starting in September, according to a stronger majority of economists polled by Reuters who broadly raised their inflation forecasts fo...
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Apple defeats union campaign at New Jersey retail store
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Apple employees at a New Jersey retail store have voted against joining a union, potentially stifling momentum for a push to organize the tech giant's workforce nationwide. Workers at the store in Short Hills, New Jer...
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Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering his wife
ASTANA (Reuters) - A former economy minister of Kazakhstan was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Monday for murdering his wife, a Reuters reporter in the court said, following a widely watched trial that some see as a litmus test of President Kass...
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Tim Draper leads $3.5 million fundraise for six-employee startup behind bitcoin lending
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) - Zest Protocol, a bitcoin lending startup with just six employees, has secured $3.5 million in a funding round led by billionaire investor Tim Draper. Besides venture capital firm Draper Associates, nearly a dozen inves...
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South Africa's Ramaphosa denies pause in power cuts is linked to election
By Tannur Anders and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected opposition allegations that a recent pause in the electricity cuts that have plagued the country for years was due to an electi...
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Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israel's Embassy to the Holy See issued a protest on Monday after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza during an event hosted by the Vatican. The embassy said it felt "indignation and shock" over...
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Tunisia extends the detention of two journalists, lawyers begin a strike
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against the arrest of a prominent critic of the president, amid a growing political crisis in the cou...
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