BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine will not be able to join NATO as long as the war against Russia rages on, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday. “To become a member in the midst of a war is not on the agenda,” he said at an event organized by the German Marshall Fund of The …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British arm of German discount supermarket Lidl has raised pay for store and warehouse staff for the third time in 12 months, it said on Wednesday. With Britain’s stubbornly high inflation rate falling by less than expected to 8.7% last month, the Bank of England is watching pay settlements closely as …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French car parts maker Valeo, which has just signed a deal with Renault to help it develop software for its cars, said it did not intend to invest in Renault’s Ampere electric vehicles unit, which is expected to be spun off and listed this year. “That’s not our role,” Valeo managing director …
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By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy is courting sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to invest in a new scheme to provide resources to firms operating in strategically important sectors, but past experience suggests it will be hard to get them on board. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to inject up to 1 …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies ahead of rules to govern the technology, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday. Breton earlier met Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, in Brussels. “Sundar …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is planning to tender for floating hotels and ships to house asylum seekers, the government said on Wednesday, as it struggles to accommodate an unprecedented number of arrivals amid a years-long housing crisis. Close to 100,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine and other conflicts have arrived in Ireland in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the Russian warship Ivan Hurs had been attacked unsuccessfully by three Ukrainian uncrewed speedboats in the Black Sea, on the approaches to the Bosphorus strait. In a statement posted on Telegram, the ministry said the warship had been protecting the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas …
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HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany’s second largest sugar refiner Nordzucker reported a 116% surge in annual profit on Wednesday, benefitting from high sugar prices, and said it is optimistic it will achieve good results in its new financial year. Unlisted Nordzucker posted a 182 million euro ($200.4 million) net profit for its 2022/23 financial year to …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Whenever a door slams, 10 year-old Bissan al-Mansi mistakes it for a bomb dropping. More than a week has passed since the latest round of fighting with Israel in Gaza but al-Mansi says she still has nightmares. Local psychiatrists said al-Mansi’s symptoms were common among many children living in the …
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(Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh attended a judicial hearing in Beirut on Wednesday where his Lebanese and French passports were confiscated following an Interpol red notice against him over embezzlement and money-laundering charges. Salameh faces charges in Lebanon, France and Germany over accusations that he colluded with his brother to take hundreds …
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