By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about bringing the war in Ukraine to an end, saying he is troubled by images of carnage from the conflict. “It’s got to stop,” Trump …
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(Reuters) – Virgin Music Group, the global independent music unit of Universal Music Group, said on Monday it will acquire Downtown Music in an all-cash deal valued at $775 million (737.32 million euros). Downtown was founded in 2007 as a music publishing company. It works with entrepreneurs, songwriters, rights holders and artist — from newcomers …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s economy will grow more slowly than expected in the next two years as its home-grown political turmoil adds to the global volatility weighing on activity, the central bank forecast on Monday in its quarterly outlook. After growth of 1.1% this year, the euro zone’s second biggest economy will expand 0.9% in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korean troops have entered combat alongside Russian forces in Kursk for the first time and Washington has indications that North Korean troops have been killed and injured, the Pentagon said on Monday. “We do assess that North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat in Kursk… we do have indications that they …
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By Marie Mannes STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish investigation into the death of three employees of battery maker Northvolt has found no link to the company or to the factory at which they worked, a police spokesperson said on Monday. It had not been possible to establish the exact cause of death of the three, police …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 index slipped on Monday, with Entain dropping after Australia’s financial crime watchdog initiated legal proceedings against it, while a survey showed British businesses cut staffing by the most since the COVID pandemic this month. The FTSE 100 was down 0.5%, with Entain taking the biggest hit, down 6.3%, after the Australian …
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By Aleksandar Vasovic and James Pearson BELGRADE/LONDON (Reuters) -Serbian officials installed homegrown spyware on the phones of dozens of journalists and activists, Amnesty International said in a report released on Monday, citing digital forensic evidence and testimony from activists who said they were hacked in recent months. In two cases, software provided by Israeli company …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s foreign minister accused Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris on Monday of antisemitism as he defended Israel’s decision to close its embassy in Dublin over Ireland’s policies. “There is a difference between criticism – and antisemitism based on the delegitimization and dehumanization of Israel and double standards towards Israel,” Foreign Minister Gideon …
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By Barbara Erling and Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia is disrupting mobile communications and ship-tracking data across the Baltic Sea, endangering vessels and energy supplies to test how Western powers will respond, a Polish admiral overseeing the area said. Vice Admiral Krzysztof Jaworski said Moscow was systematically using such tactics to hide the movements …
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MILAN (Reuters) -Private equity firm Carlyle has agreed to sell Italian firm Forgital, which manufactures forged components mainly for the aerospace sector, to U.S. alternative investment firm Stonepeak, the two companies said on Monday. The deal values the Italian company more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) including debt, two sources close to the matter …
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