Published by Reuters UK By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day. Mariupol, a
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Published by Reuters UK By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, as the European Union, the world’s largest trading bloc, spelled out plans to phase out imports of Russian oil, raising concerns about further market tightness as those nations hunt for adequate supply. Crude benchmarks have risen steadily over the past
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Published by Reuters By Alun John and Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares tracked Wall Street gains on Thursday after the U.S. central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points but sounded a less hawkish tone than some had feared, lifting investor sentiment and sending the dollar lower. Crude prices, meanwhile, shot
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Published by Reuters UK By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party reached an agreement in principle on Wednesday to form an alliance for June’s parliamentary election. The coalition pact, which the Greens and Communists agreed to earlier this week, is an attempt to
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Published by Reuters (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive proposed a phased oil embargo on Russia, as well as sanctions on its top bank and a ban on Russian broadcasters, in its toughest measures yet to punish Moscow for its war in Ukraine. OIL, GRAIN, DEBT * Oil prices jumped as the EU, the
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Published by Reuters UK BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s cartel office said on Wednesday it had classified Meta Platforms Inc as a “company with outstanding cross-market importance for competition”, meaning Facebook-owner will face new rules in the country. Under legislation introduced by German lawmakers in early 2021, the state regulator can ban practices at such companies
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Published by Al-Araby Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Israel said on Monday Lavrov’s comment was an “unforgivable” falsehood that tried to minimise the horrors of the Holocaust – the slaughter of
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Published by Al-Araby Israeli forces reportedly shot machine guns at Palestinian crop farmers and animal herders in Gaza on Tuesday. Troops stationed in watch towers in Israel but near Khan Yunis province in Gaza’s south fired at the Palestinians as they worked, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. The agricultural workers fled the “heavy… gunfire”
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Published by Reuters UK By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handing of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament. The island nation of 22
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Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -All options would be on table in response to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey said on Tuesday. British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Monday said Britain was working with its partners to verify the details of reports Russian forces
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