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ZURICH (Reuters) — Switzerland looked set to shift to the right in its national elections on Sunday, as concerns about immigration and political correctness trumped fears about climate change and melting glaciers.

Israel-Hamas War: ‘We’re here for you', Justin Trudeau assures support to Palestinian, Arab, Black Muslims 3. Qatar, which was key to the release of two US citizens abducted by Hamas, is optimistic that talks with the group will “very soon" result in the release of all civilian hostages 4. As many as 100,000 people marched through central London to demand a cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas and in support of the Palestinian cause.

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Israel-Hamas war becoming a wider conflict. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said he'd agreed with US President Joe Biden that the Rafah crossing should be open “sustainably.” The Israeli Defense Force said it was responding with live fire on Saturday to a number of launches made toward Israel by Lebanon. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported earlier that Israel's military struck a village near the countries' border. Switzerland's top prosecutor announced the start of a criminal investigation into alleged payments made to Hamas weeks before the attacks on Israel, the Swiss public broadcaster reported on Saturday. Attorney General Stefan Blaettler said the accusation centers on financial support to a terrorist organization, while declining to say who the proceedings are directed against. Egypt opened its crisis summit in Cairo with the leaders of Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and South Africa among those on hand, as well as senior officials from the EU, Turkey, Russia and China.

Gland Pharma's former promoter has acquired GBJ Hotels, which operates the five-star property Hotel Radisson Blu in Coimbatore, said people with knowledge of the transaction. KP Advisory Services, the family office of the promoter Ravi Penmetsa, acquired the five-star property last week in Coimbatore under the corporate insolvency process, the people cited above said. Lenders unanimously voted for KP Advisory Services' Rs 185-crore plan. The resolution professional (RP) had admitted Rs 196 crore in claims, including trade creditors and banks.

accused fell in love with the girl. However, the girl had another boyfriend, which did not go down well with the accused," police said. "The accused called the girl from Switzerland to India on the pretext of meeting her and then tied the girl's hands and legs with a chain, saying that he would give her a surprise in 10 minutes and choked her to death," police added.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in the country, adding to increasingly tough talk on migration since his coalition performed badly in two state elections earlier ...

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HSBC is relocating private bankers from Singapore to Australia as Wall Street returns in force to try to bank more of the country’s ultra-high net worth individuals and secretive family offices.

Over two dozen former employees of Ethereum infrastructure firm ConsenSys have filed a fresh lawsuit against the firm’s founder and CEO, Joseph Lubin, over claims he diluted employee equity shares against earlier promises.

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Stockbroker Canaccord Genuity is bulking up its equity research team with two new hires.

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South Korean Unification Ministry has been closely monitoring the import of luxury items into North Korea, revealing a noticeable surge in conspicuous wealth among the country's elite. The Kim Dynasty and other high-ranking individuals in North Korea have demonstrated an enhanced appetite for designer imports and luxury products.

(Reuters) -Royalty Pharma said on Thursday it has purchased additional royalties on Roche and PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT)' oral spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug for an upfront payment of $1 billion.

Fortress Investment Group LLC is pitching an investment opportunity within an increasingly popular yet controversial corner of finance — funding other companies’ legal battles.

Independent federal MP Bob Katter said the Queensland government should “boot” global miner Glencore out of Mount Isa and let other potential owners take over its leases after the Swiss giant announced it wouldclose its copper mines by 2025.

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USD/JPY, one of the year’s favorite currency plays, could be on track to a 36-year high in favor of the US dollar, though the Japanese component of the pair could regain some strength in the near term.