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UK Remain camp gains ground in EU poll, bookmakers lengthen Brexit odds | Reuters

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LONDON The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union extended its lead over the "Out" campaign in an opinion poll published on Saturday, while two major bookmakers offered the shortest odds to date on a vote to remain. The poll from market research company Opinium for the Observer newspaper marked the sixth poll out of seven published in the last week to show the Remain campaign in the lead

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Cyclone Roanu kills 21 in Bangladesh, softens | Reuters

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DHAKA A cyclone battered coastal Bangladesh on Saturday, killing at least 21 people and injuring many more, but has now weakened into a depression that the weather office said could still bring brief periods of violent wind or rain. Authorities in low-lying Bangladesh have moved about 500,000 people into 3,500 shelters, the disaster minister said. Cyclone Roanu has killed people in house collapses, landslides and a storm surge that broke embankments at two places in the Chittagong port city in the southeast. Читать дальше...



Strikes bring shortages in hundreds of French petrol stations | Reuters

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PARIS Hundreds of petrol stations faced shortages in France on Saturday as protests over a labour law reform led to a fall in refinery output and blockades that hampered fuel supply and prompted consumer panic. France has been hit by a wave of strikes over the past week after President Francois Hollande's Socialist government opted to force the unpopular labour market reforms through the lower house of parliament without a vote. Total had to shut production units at three refineries, in Donges... Читать дальше...

EgyptAir jet sent smoke-alarm warnings before crash | Reuters

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PARIS/CAIRO The EgyptAir jet which crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board, shortly before it disappeared off radar screens, French investigators said on Saturday. A spokesman for France's BEA air accident investigation agency said the signals did not indicate what caused the smoke or fire on board the plane, which plunged into the sea with 66 people on board as it was heading from Paris to Cairo.

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Dutch climber dies during descent from Everest summit | Reuters

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KATHMANDU A 36-year-old Dutch climber died while descending from the summit of Everest, the first to perish this year on the world's highest mountain, officials in Nepal said on Saturday. Eric Ary Arnold was among over 40 climbers who reached the 8,850 metre (29,035 feet) summit on Friday, but died later that day while coming down on high-altitude slopes known as the "death zone" because of the prevailing thin air, Tourism Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said. Mingma Sherpa of the Seven... Читать дальше...

Three killed in Bangladesh textile factory fire | Reuters

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DHAKA Three workers were killed on Saturday when fire engulfed a textile factory in Bangladesh, police said, renewing fears about safety in the multi-billion dollar industry. A Pakistani technician was among those killed at the factory in Narsingdi, 50 km (30 miles) north-east of Dhaka, police official Shahidur Rahman said.

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U.S., Japan disagreement on yen moves overshadows G7 meeting | Reuters

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SENDAI, Japan The United States issued a fresh warning to Japan against intervening in currency markets on Saturday as the two countries' differences over foreign exchange overshadowed a Group of 7 finance leaders' gathering in the Asian nation. Japan and the United States are at logger-heads over currency policy with Washington saying Tokyo has no justification to intervene in the market to stem yen gains, given the currency's moves remain "orderly". The rift was on full show at the G7 finance leaders' meeting in Sendai... Читать дальше...


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