LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of workers at the British government’s Environment Agency will strike for the first time later this month in a dispute over pay, the Unison trade union said on Thursday. Staff including those who maintain safety structures such as the Thames Barrier and coastal sea defences will walk out on Jan. 18 …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will introduce legislation to ensure key public services maintain minimum safety levels during industrial action, as the government seeks to limit disruption from strikes now involving tens of thousands of workers. The government said on Thursday it would bring the bill to parliament in the coming weeks and would …
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By Markus Wacket and Christian Kraemer OSLO/BERLIN (Reuters) -France’s decision to send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine prompted renewed calls from within German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition for Berlin to send more modern fighting vehicles to help Kyiv in the war against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday urged Western allies …
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(Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski went on trial in Belarus on Thursday, facing up to 12 years in jail in a case his allies see as political retribution for his rights work. The 60-year-old, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, and two other representatives of the group who also went on trial …
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By Ron Bousso and Aby Jose Koilparambil LONDON (Reuters) -Capricorn Energy on Thursday rejected a plan by its third largest shareholder to scrap a proposed merger with NewMed Energy, saying its was based on false information. In an open letter to shareholders, the board of Capricorn Energy asked stakeholder Palliser to review its planned merger …
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By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Shreyashi Sanyal and Lawrence White (Reuters) – First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, said on Thursday it was considering a bid for London-listed Standard Chartered but was no longer doing so. Bloomberg had earlier reported that FAB had been exploring an offer for Standard Chartered as …
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KYIV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official on Thursday reiterated Kyiv’s rejection of any peace deal with Moscow that would allow Russia to keep Ukrainian territory seized by Russian forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan earlier on Thursday that Moscow was open to dialogue over Ukraine but that Kyiv would have …
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(Reuters) -Russia and Belarus have beefed up their joint military grouping in Belarus with weapons, soldiers and specialised equipment, and plan to hold joint aviation drills, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Ukraine has repeatedly warned that President Vladimir Putin may try to use Belarus to launch a new ground invasion of Ukraine from …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland raised 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion) from the sale of a new 20-year green bond on Thursday, covering as much as half of its 2023 funding needs after it received enough orders to sell the security 10 times over. Ireland’s debt agency, which plans to raise just 7 billion to 11 …
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By Philip Pullella and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis led the funeral of former Pope Benedict on Thursday, tenderly touching the coffin of his predecessor as he stood supported on a cane before tens of thousands of mourners, with some calling for the late pontiff to be made a saint. Benedict’s death on …
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