KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited two northern towns and border guard trenches near the frontier with Russia on Tuesday, the latest stops on a regional tour that has taken him to areas near the front line. Video footage posted by Zelenskiy’s office showed him in Sumy, the sixth region he has visited in …
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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – BP and Abu Dhabi’s state oil giant on Tuesday offered to jointly acquire 50% of Israeli offshore natural gas producer NewMed Energy for around $2 billion, making their entry into Israel’s growing energy sector. Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) and BP said they intend to form a new …
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By Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) -Swedish steelmaker SSAB aims to boost its annual profit by at least 10 billion Swedish crowns ($968 million) from 2030 onwards as it shifts to carbon-free metals production, the company said on Tuesday. SSAB last year said it would accelerate a switch to fossil-free steel production, investing heavily to almost …
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(Reuters) – The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine. The U.N. agency said the aim was …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry, Elton John and five other high-profile figures are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over allegations of phone-tapping and other privacy breaches. As the case was heard at London’s High Court for the first time on Monday, here are some details about the case and the background of lawsuits …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Stephane Mahe PARIS/NANTES, France (Reuters) – French protesters blocked train tracks and highways, and clashed with police in some cities, as they marched across the country on Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill. One protester in Paris seemed to capture the mood, brandishing a banner that …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Intesa Sanpaolo will decide based on market conditions whether to repay a perpetual bond with a call option coming due early next year, the chief executive said, adding the potential decision to call did not pose a problem to Italy’s biggest bank. “We’ll see what the conditions are,” CEO Carlo Messina said …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party blocked its former leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday from standing as one of its candidates at the next parliamentary election, as his successor Keir Starmer seeks a clear break with the party’s leftist wing. A Labour spokesperson said the party’s governing body – the National Executive Committee …
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MADRID (Reuters) -The European Union has agreed to extend a price cap set on natural gas used for power generation in Spain and Portugal until Dec. 31, Spanish Energy Minister Teresa Ribera said on Tuesday. “This tool allows to keep protecting Spanish and Portuguese consumers until the end of the year,” Ribera told reporters in …
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By Mykhailo Moskalenko and Oleksii Orlov DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday his attempt to broker a deal to protect Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was still alive, and that he was adjusting the proposals to seek a breakthrough. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy …
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