By Yadarisa Shabong and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -British insurer Aviva has agreed to buy smaller rival Direct Line in a sweetened 3.61 billion pound ($4.60 billion) cash-and-stock deal that will create the UK’s largest home and motor insurer. In a joint statement on Friday, the companies said a preliminary agreement had been reached …
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By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan will be allowed to stay on in his role at the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal during a U.N.-led investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, sources told Reuters on Friday. The U.N.’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), …
(Reuters) – Chelsea are scoring goals for fun but still have many areas to work on if they hope to match up to the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday ahead of a Premier League meeting with Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea, who are second in the standings, thrashed Southampton …
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(Reuters) – Liverpool boss Arne Slot is expecting an ear-splitting atmosphere against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, but warned his team cannot get caught up in the emotion around the final Merseyside derby to be held at the old stadium. Slot’s men can extend their Premier League lead with a victory in Saturday’s lunchtime …
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LISBON (Reuters) – The three owners of Portugal’s fourth-largest bank Novo Banco have agreed to lift a ban on dividend payouts, paving the way for its potential sale or an initial public offering in 2025, the finance minister was quoted as saying on Friday. Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the Expresso newspaper the agreement, involving the …
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(This Dec. 5 story has been corrected to remove the word ‘president’ in paragraph 7) By Selena Li, Lawrence White and Sinead Cruise HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC announced a raft of senior management departures and appointments on Thursday, as CEO Georges Elhedery completed the first phase of a sweeping overhaul aimed at streamlining costs …
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By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s total flight capacity will be lowered by 4% next year in an effort to cut noise pollution, the Dutch government said on Friday. Traffic at Schiphol, one of Europe’s busiest hubs, will be limited to 478,000 flights per year from 2025, down from the current cap …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow could deploy its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles system in Belarus in the second half of 2025, Russian state media said. Putin was responding to a request by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a summit in Minsk. He said Belarus would determine the targets …
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(Reuters) – BAE Systems has secured about $2.5 billion in contracts from Sweden and Denmark to deliver new CV90 combat vehicles, including 115 for Denmark and 50 for Sweden, the British defence company said on Friday. The agreement includes additional vehicles for Ukraine, financed by Denmark and Sweden. (Reporting by Aatrayee Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish lawmakers voted on Friday to lift nationalist opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s immunity from prosecution, meaning he can face charges relating to a scuffle during a commemorative event for an air disaster. Activist Zbigniew Komosa accuses Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, of assault, saying he hit him twice …
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