BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland holds elections to local councils on Thursday that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is pitching as an opportunity to bolster its call for further concessions from Britain on a revised post-Brexit trade deal. The DUP says it will not drop a 15-month boycott of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government unless London …
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(Reuters) – The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended by two more months, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, one day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. FIGHTING * Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Verdi union formally accepted a pay deal for around 2.5 million workers after its wage commission voted in favour of an agreement reached with employers last month, it said on Wednesday. A broad majority of the wage commission backed the deal, which ended a dispute that had disrupted the transport sector …
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By Kate Holton and Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain left the European Union. Stellantis, the world’s No. 3 …
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By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -Ford on Wednesday called for post-Brexit EU trade requirements on rules of origin for electric vehicles (EVs) to delayed until 2027 from 2024, saying tariffs will add pointless costs for consumers and slow the transition to electric. “Ford is calling for current trade requirements to be extended to 2027, to …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A private investigator who worked for the publisher of the Daily Mirror boasted he could “get the queen’s medical records”, a retired police officer on Wednesday told a court hearing Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the British newspaper. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, and more than 100 others are suing …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has detected avian influenza virus in two poultry workers in England following testing for people who have been in contact with infected birds, the country’s health security agency said on Tuesday. “The two people returning positive tests are known to have recently worked on an infected poultry farm in England. Neither …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand police said on Wednesday a fire at a hostel in the capital, Wellington, in which at least six people were killed was suspected to have been arson and they had opened a homicide inquiry. A blaze broke out on the top floor of the Loafers Lodge in the …
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By Gleb Garanich and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable. When asked about the Ukrainian claim, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed it, the RIA …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tianqi Lithium, one of the world’s biggest lithium producers, expects more consolidation in the lithium industry, an executive at the group said on Tuesday, following a $10.6 billion merger announced last week between Allkem Ltd and Livent Corp. The Allkem Ltd and Livent tie-up has raised expectations for more mergers and …
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