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By Alvise Armellini and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple Inc for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market. The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing “a more restrictive privacy policy” than it applies …

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By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault wants to attract further investors to its electric vehicle unit Ampere and premium sports brand Alpine, CEO Luca de Meo said on Thursday. With the auto industry looking beyond internal combustion engines and demand surging for car connectivity, both requiring massive investments, Renault is building technological and financial …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey criticised on Thursday the way BoE Chief Economist Huw Pill expressed himself about the impact of high inflation on people with lower incomes and said the central bank understood the stress high prices were causing. “We are very sensitive to the position of people, all people, but …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has received $16.7 billion in financial aid from its Western partners so far this year, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Thursday. Russia’s full-scale invasion in February last year has ravaged Ukraine’s economy, prompting a fall in revenues and forcing Kyiv to seek foreign assistance. “In 2023, Ukraine has already received …

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By Christina Amann and Ilona Wissenbach BERLIN (Reuters) -A shooting at a Mercedes-Benz plant in the city of Sindelfingen in southwestern Germany left two men dead on Thursday, mounting pressure on Berlin to tighten the country’s already-strict gun laws. Police arrested the suspect, a 53-year-old man, who opened fire on the victims before security workers …

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By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam is banning fast-delivery grocery companies from setting up so-called dark stores in residential areas, the local city council decided late Wednesday, citing noise and nuisance complaints from the public. Dark stores, small distribution hubs used by burgeoning fast grocery services such as Gorillas and Getir, will only be …

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By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -It’s the best performing currency this year in the G10 group of advanced economies against the dollar. But sterling’s strengthening streak is about to be put to the test as a succession of rate hikes heighten worries about growth. Britain’s pound, at around $1.251, on Thursday edged back from recent …

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(Reuters) -The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday that his forces’ flanks were under pressure near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, resulting in the loss of ground that his men had captured at heavy cost. Yevgeny Prigozhin has argued that it is the job of regular Russian forces to protect Wagner’s flanks …

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