By Herbert Villarraga YAMPIL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Combing the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, a group of volunteers have made it their mission to search for the bodies of fallen soldiers and return them to their families. Despite the daily horrors of their work, members of the “Black Tulip” organisation say they believe they are performing …
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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile attack destroyed an ice arena in the town of Druzhkivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Monday, the Ukrainian ice hockey federation said, after earlier reports of a missile hitting the town and injuring two people. “So it is that since the start of the war, the Russian occupiers have destroyed …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – The public transport operator in Poland’s third largest city has asked the anti-monopoly regulator UOKiK to look into oil refiner PKN Orlen’s pricing policy after value added tax on motor fuels was raised from 8% to 23% on Jan. 1. The price of most popular gasoline at the pumps of PKN Orlen, …
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By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -German inflation eased for a second month in a row in December due to falling energy prices and the government’s one-off payment of household energy bills, coming in below expectations even as analysts warn that a continued slowdown is not a given. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other …
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MAKIIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian nationalists and some lawmakers have demanded punishment for commanders they accused of ignoring dangers as anger grew over the killing of dozens of Russian soldiers in one of the deadliest strikes of the Ukraine conflict. In a rare disclosure, Russia’s defence ministry said 63 soldiers were killed in the Ukrainian strike …
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By Andres Gonzalez and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) – Credit Suisse announced a series of staff changes on Tuesday following the departure of the co-head of its European investment banking operation, according to internal memos seen by Reuters and confirmed by a company spokesperson. The Swiss bank, in the midst of an overhaul that …
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By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -Energy suppliers are not doing enough to help France’s trademark bakeries cope with soaring energy bills, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. Le Maire, who will meet with energy firms later in the day to discuss the matter, warned the government had “the tools to make energy suppliers …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Six months ago Pope Francis brushed off speculation he was about to resign due to health problems, but even if he had toyed with the idea, he faced one major obstacle: there was already another ex-pope in retirement. The death on Saturday of Benedict, who in 2013 became …
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By Emilio Parodi BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian court on Tuesday postponed for a second time a hearing on whether to hand over to Belgium a woman suspected of involvement in a Qatar graft scandal that has rocked the European Parliament. An appeals court in the northern city of Brescia originally delayed a decision …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Britain is considering joining the billion-dollar Amazon Fund reopened by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to finance sustainability in the rainforest, British environment minister Therese Coffey said. “It is something we are seriously looking at,” Coffey told Reuters on Monday in Brasilia, where she attended Lula’s inauguration on Sunday. She said …
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