(Reuters) -Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday that Ukraine was willing to devise a deal enabling gas to transit through its territory to western Europe, but ruled out any extension of an existing deal with Russia. Shmyhal was writing on the Telegram messaging app after speaking to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as some …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin said on Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary and a vaccine skeptic, told him he supports polio vaccination. “He said, ‘I 100% support polio vaccination,’” Mullin told reporters after meeting with Kennedy, who has for years sown doubt over the safety …
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By Sarah Young and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Thames Water will attempt to convince a court on Tuesday to approve a 3 billion pound ($3.8 billion) lifeline, one of several hurdles it must clear to avoid nationalisation. A High Court judge will hear from Britain’s biggest water supplier and its creditors before deciding …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it was increasing compensation payments for customers whose water supply is temporarily cut off, its latest attempt to improve the water sector after poor service and environmental pollution sparked public anger. The government is trying to fix Britain’s broken privatised water industry after years of under-investment caused frequent sewage spills. …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian market sentiment is likely to remain subdued on Tuesday following the release of mixed Chinese economic data the day before, as investors digest unnerving political events in key developed economies ahead of several G10 central bank interest rate decisions later …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian consumer sentiment took a step back in December as concerns about the economic outlook outweighed an improvement in people’s own finances, a survey showed on Tuesday. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell 2.0% in December, unwinding a little of the sharp gains seen over the previous two months. The …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – The threat to Ireland’s foreign multinational-focused economy and public finances from the incoming U.S. administration has pushed the risks to the country’s favourable economic picture firmly to the downside, the Irish central bank said on Tuesday. Ireland is especially exposed to President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to slash corporate tax, incentivise industries to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy has zeroed in on three regions of the country it has determined are in major need of new electric transmission infrastructure and eligible for future federal funding, it announced on Monday. The DOE selected Lake Erie-Canada, including parts of Lake Erie and Pennsylvania; the Southwestern Grid Connector, …
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By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – In his first news conference since his election victory six weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump covered the Ukraine war, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey, the future of TikTok and lawsuits aimed at the media he often loves to hate. Trump displayed the loquaciousness …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it conducted an airstrike on Monday against a command and control facility operated by the Houthis in Yemen. “The targeted facility was a hub for coordinating Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden,” the …
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