By Andrew Gray and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries agreed on Monday on a plan to give 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine over the next year by digging into their own stockpiles and teaming up to buy more, officials said. “We have reached a political consensus to send to Ukraine one …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Rail workers at Britain’s RMT trade union have voted to accept an improved pay offer from Network Rail, ending a long-running dispute with the organisation which owns and maintains train infrastructure, the union said on Monday. Earlier this month, the rail union suspended planned strike action, which has caused widespread disruption to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) had to take action against Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes but the move was a “sombre” one and not a moment for backslapping, the organisation’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday. Last Friday, the ICC accused Putin of the war crime of illegally deporting …
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(Reuters) – Britain on Monday extended Avanti West Coast’s contract to run rail operations on routes including Manchester, Birmingham and London, citing an “improvement” in services, a move that drew criticism from labour unions. The contract extension to Avanti, which is majority owned by London-listed FirstGroup alongside minority partner Italy state-owned Trenitalia, comes after the …
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BELFAST (Reuters) – A member of the British parliament for Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said he would vote against a central element of the government’s deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trade rules and he expects his colleagues will do the same. Parliament will on Wednesday debate the so-called “Stormont brake”, a key part of …
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By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven years after the money changed hands. But any trial of the former U.S. president would still be …
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By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and called on his supporters to protest. “Illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday called on Britain to support its bid to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact which London has also applied to enter. Taiwan and China both applied in 2021 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), but China says it opposes Taiwan …
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(Reuters) – Water industry regulator Ofwat said on Monday it would stop the payment of dividends if they risk a water company’s financial resilience, and take action against firms that don’t link dividend payments to performance. The regulator, which oversees the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales, said the changes to company …
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SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG has asked its staff to inform clients that plans for its investment banking business will be communicated in due course as details of its acquisition by UBS Group was still being worked out, according to an internal memo. Credit Suisse told staff its wealth clients’ assets are …
