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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy sacks top official, says clean-up drive continues

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday issued a decree sacking a senior security figure and said separately that his drive to clean up the government would continue. Authorities have dismissed dozens of officials in recent weeks and opened probes as part of a widespread drive against wrongdoing. The European Union says addressing corruption …

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Meta delays setting team budgets as Facebook parent plans fresh round of layoffs -FT

(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc has delayed finalizing the budgets of multiple teams as it prepares a fresh round of job cuts, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. In recent weeks there had been a lack of clarity surrounding budgets and future head count, the FT reported, citing two Meta employees familiar with …

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France protests look to test government’s resolve on pension reforms

By John Irish, Noemie Olive and Ingrid Melander PARIS/TOURS (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across France on Saturday seeking to keep up pressure on the government over its pension reform plans, including a move to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62. After three days of nationwide strikes since the start …

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UK firefighters’ union recommends members accept new pay offer

LONDON (Reuters) -A trade union representing British firefighters recommended an improved pay offer from fire service employers on Saturday after it postponed planned strike action for members to vote on the offer. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the pay offer of a 7% rise backdated to last July and for another 5% increase from …

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Violence outside British hotel for asylum seekers leads to 15 arrests

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Saturday 15 people, including a 13-year-old child, had been arrested after a protest by crowds outside a hotel housing asylum seekers turned violent, causing injuries and a police van being set on fire. Offenders threw missiles including lit fireworks at police officers following an initially peaceful …

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German groups suspend Turkey quake rescue over security problems

BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) – Two German aid organisations suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey on Saturday, citing security problems and reports of clashes between groups of people and gunfire. The German International Search and Rescue (ISAR) and Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) said they would resume their work as soon as Turkish civil protection …

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Italy to sign gas turbines contract with Azerbaijan

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is set to sign a new contract to sell four gas turbines to Azerbaijan, its industry minister said on Saturday ahead of his visit to the Asian country that is one of Rome’s most important energy partners. The deal will involve Italy’s Ansaldo Energia, a service provider for the power generation …

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ECB must avoid unnecessary rise in real interest rates – Visco

ROME (Reuters) -The European Central Bank (ECB) must avoid pushing real interest rates too high, given the level of private and public debt in the euro area, a top Italian policymaker said on Saturday. ECB Governing Council member Ignazio Visco, who is also the Bank of Italy’s governor, added he did not believe a recession …

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Wagner boss Prigozhin says Russia could take two years to capture east Ukraine regions

(Language that readers may find offensive in paragraph 13) By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has said in a rare interview that it could take two years for Moscow to control the whole of two eastern Ukrainian regions whose capture it has stated as a key goal of …

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Nestle to pay ex manager $2.2 million over bullying case – Tages-Anzeiger

ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle will pay a former manager 2 million Swiss francs ($2.2 million) compensation after a Swiss court upheld her claim of bullying while working at the company, newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported. Yasmine Motarjemi was awarded the compensation by a court in Vaud, southern Switzerland, the paper said on Saturday, after a 12-year legal …

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