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South Africa keeps repo rate unchanged at 8.25 pct
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country's central bank, on Thursday decided to maintain its repurchase rate at the current level of 8.25 percent despite elevated inflation expectations.
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Botswana targets non-mining industry growth, says finance minister
GABORONE, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Botswana aims to support initiatives promoting the growth of non-mining industries, Finance Minister Peggy Serame said Wednesday.
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1st LD-Writethru-China Focus: Cold wave sweeps across north China, yellow alert renewed
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- With plummeting temperatures and chilly winds, a new wave of cold weather has gripped north China, putting boilers into full operation and traffic police on emergency standby.
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Romanian judge loosens restrictions on influencer Andrew Tate
(Reuters) - Andrew Tate and his brother will have fewer restrictions on movement as they await trial on human trafficking charges after a Romanian judge ruled they could travel around the country, the divisive influencer's representatives said on Thursday.
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World
Investigators still probing cause of fiery car crash at US-Canada border
(Reuters) -U.S. police said on Thursday they were still investigating a fiery crash on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario on Wednesday, which sparked a security scare that closed four U.S.-Canadian border crossings.
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World
Far-right's Wilders aims to be Dutch PM after shock election win
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Far-right populist Geert Wilders wants to be the Netherlands' next prime minister and would focus his efforts on curbing immigration, he said following a landmark election win that will have repercussions in the Netherlands and beyond.
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Prosecutors want restrictions on ex-Kosovo president over witness concerns
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci are seeking to restrict communications and keep him apart from other detainees over concerns he and two co-accused are trying to influence witnesses, court filings published on Thursday showed.
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World
ICC boosts effort to revive case against fugitive Ugandan warlord Kony
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave a boost on Thursday to prosecutors' efforts to secure a hearing on charges they want to bring against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony in his absence.
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World
Greek lawmakers quit leftist Syriza party in protest against new leader
ATHENS (Reuters) - Nine Greek lawmakers quit the leftist Syriza party on Thursday after breaking ranks with its new leader, formalising a split in the country's main opposition party which they said could now disintegrate.
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EU to deploy more staff on Finnish-Russian border amid asylum crisis
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex said on Thursday it will send more officers and other staff to Finland next week as the Nordic nation seeks to limit the number of asylum seekers coming via Russia.
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NATO urges members to get their logistics homework done
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO has warned its members that too much red tape is hindering troop movements across Europe, a problem that could cause major delays were a conflict with Russia to erupt.
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Polish judges' appointment procedure is defective, ECHR rules
WARSAW (Reuters) - The procedure to appoint judges to a new chamber of Poland's Supreme Court is defective and Warsaw has to take appropriate legislative measures to correct the process, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Thursday.
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World
South Korea court orders Japan to compensate 'comfort women', reverses earlier ruling
SEOUL (Reuters) -A South Korean appellate court on Thursday ordered Japan to compensate a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, overturning a lower court ruling that dismissed the case and prompting a stern protest from Tokyo.
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New Ecuador president Noboa pledges reforms to reduce violence, create jobs
QUITO (Reuters) -Business heir and former legislator Daniel Noboa was sworn in as Ecuador's new president on Thursday, pledging to reduce violence and create jobs via urgent legislative reforms.
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Ukraine wants roads unblocked before talks on Polish trucker protest
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Thursday it wanted its export routes via Poland to be unblocked before it holds talks with Warsaw and the European Commission aimed at ending protests by Polish truckers which are reducing Ukrainian exports.
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Ukrainian strike kills Russian actress performing in Ukraine, theatre says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian attack while performing to Russian troops in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, according to her theatre.
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AI
OpenAI engineers earning RM3.74mil a year turn rare skillset into leverage
OpenAI reinstated chief executive officer Sam Altman after hundreds of workers threatened to quit over the ChatGPT creator’s ouster, highlighting just how much leverage the tech industry’s most valued workers hold right now.
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AI
Sam Altman is back at OpenAI, but questions remain as to why he was fired in first place
Sam Altman is returning to lead OpenAI less than five days after his surprise dismissal, which kicked off a tug of war for his talent, left the company in disarray and laid bare deep board divisions over the mission of one of the world’s most valuable startups.
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Social media
Protests, court appeals as Nepal’s TikTokers decry government ban on app
Nepali TikTok creator Manjita Manandhar was caught off guard when the Himalayan nation banned the popular social media platform last week for disturbing “social harmony and goodwill”.
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Far-right's Wilders seeks to form Dutch government after shock election win
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe.
