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Shell 2022 profit more than doubles to record $40 bln

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Fourth-quarter profit of $10 bln beats estimates Shell to repurchase $4 bln in shares Shares up 2.5% by 1002 GMT LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Shell (SHEL.L) delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, the energy giant said on Thursday, capping a tumultuous year in which a surge in energy prices after Russia’s invasion … Read more

Sex, lies and video cams: Andrew Tate turned women into slaves, prosecutors say

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BUCHAREST, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The woman from Moldova thought it was love. Internet celebrity Andrew Tate had offered her a new life. They’d even discussed marriage. He asked for only one thing: absolute loyalty. “You must understand that once you are mine, you will be mine forever,” Tate told her on Feb. 4 last … Read more

Odds ‘very high’ of U.S. military conflict with China, top Republican says

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WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A top Republican in the U.S. Congress said on Sunday the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan “are very high,” after a U.S. general caused consternation with a memo that warned the United States would fight China in the next two years. In a memo dated Feb. 1 but … Read more

UK regional airline Flybe ceases trading, cancels all flights

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Collapses for second time in three years 276 workers made redundant by administrators About 75,000 customers had future bookings Hurt by delayed delivery of aircraft Rivals seeing rebounding demand LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – British regional airline Flybe on Saturday ceased trading for the second time in three years, with all flights cancelled and 276 … Read more

EU wants to send more people back to Africa, Middle East, Asia

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STOCKHOLM, Jan 26 (Reuters) – European Union migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss visa restrictions and better coordination inside the bloc to be able to send more people with no right to asylum in Europe back to their home countries including Iraq. Three years after the 27-nation EU agreed to restrict visas for countries … Read more