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Respite for banks as payouts for mis-sold insurance fall
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's lenders are starting to put the most costly consumer scandal to hit the industry behind it, with payouts for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) falling in the second half of 2018 ahead of an August deadline for claims.
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Brexit stalls investments by sovereign wealth funds in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has long been a favored playground for sovereign wealth funds from around the world to snap up glitzy skyscrapers, banking stakes and posh department stores.
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Euro falls to a one-week low after weak manufacturing surveys
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro fell to a one-week low on Thursday after weak manufacturing surveys in Europe raised concerns about an economy struggling to gain traction before the long Easter weekend.
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Bahrain mass trial raises deep concern - U.N. rights chief
GENEVA, April 18 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday she was concerned that a Bahrain mass trial that revoked the nationality of 138 people this week had not met international fair trial standards.
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Gunmen kill 14 after kidnapping them from buses on Pakistani coast
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed 14 people in southwestern Pakistan after pulling them from several passenger buses, sifting through their identity cards and kidnapping them, a Pakistani official said on Thursday.
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Rights group urges Myanmar to drop charges against satirical performers, filmmaker
YANGON (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch urged Myanmar on Thursday to drop charges against four satirical performers and a filmmaker arrested after criticizing the military, as an army spokesman defended "rules and limits" on freedom of expression.
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UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill 14 after kidnapping them from buses on Pakistani coast
QUETTA, Pakistan, April 18 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed 14 people in southwestern Pakistan after pulling them from several passenger buses, sifting through their identity cards and kidnapping them, a Pakistani official said on Thursday.
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Rights group urges Myanmar to drop charges against satirical performers, filmmaker
YANGON, April 18 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch urged Myanmar on Thursday to drop charges against four satirical performers and a filmmaker arrested after criticizing the military, as an army spokesman defended "rules and limits" on freedom of expression.
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Russia's govt weighs new support for sanctioned GAZ Group -TASS
MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - The Russian government is looking at the expediency of providing further support to sanctioned businessman Oleg Deripaska's GAZ Group, TASS news agency cited a government official as saying on Thursday.
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Trump adviser visits Moscow for Kremlin talks
MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - Fiona Hill, an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, visited Moscow this week and discussed bilateral relations with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
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