Published by Reuters UK By Michael Shields DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Movers and shakers arriving for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) this month can pack sandals instead of ski boots for a rare springtime version of the event in Davos, the Swiss ski resort that is Europe’s highest city. In December,
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Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William and his wife Kate took over the airwaves of every radio station in the United Kingdom on Friday to deliver a message encouraging the British public to look out for anyone who might be feeling lonely. The “Mental Health Minute”, featuring the two royals, was played
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Published by DPA French automaker Groupe Renault announced Monday it is selling its Russian branch to Moscow City and its 67.69% controlling interest in Russian company Avtovaz to the state-owned NAMI research institute. The closing of the transactions is not subject to any conditions, and all required approvals have been obtained, said the company. Renault
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Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in Vodafone jumped 4% in early trade on Monday after the United Arab Emirates-based telecoms company e& revealed it had bought a 9.8% stake in the British mobile operator. Formerly known as Emirates Telecommunications Group, e& said it had no intention of making an offer for the whole
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Published by Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – World leaders began descending on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences on the death of President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was succeeded by his half-brother and de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. Sheikh Mohammed, now ruler of wealthy Abu Dhabi emirate, steered the Western-allied
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Published by DPA The situation in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass remains “very difficult” for Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Russian troops are still trying to show at least some victory. On the 80th day of the full-scale invasion, it looks especially insane, but they do not stop all these efforts,” Zelensky asserted.
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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) -Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1525615849167589380 that Twitter Inc’s legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform’s checks on automated users was 100. “Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot
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Published by Reuters UK By Jenna Zucker, Steve Gorman and Moira Warburton BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.” Authorities
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Published by DPA German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has not detected any change of heart on the part of Russian leader Vladimir Putin over the “insane” 11-week-old war he launched against Ukraine. In an interview with news outlet t-online published on Saturday, the chancellor said it was clear Russia had not achieved any of its stated
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Published by Reuters By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sought to form a government after clashes with anti-government groups killed nine people. More than a month of predominantly peaceful protests against
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