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UK builders suffer longest downturn since global financial crisis
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UK watchdog fines ex-Carillion finance directors after they drop appeals
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Ukraine pushes EU membership bid as Cyprus takes bloc's presidency
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Yemen separatist leader fails to attend crisis talks as Saudi-UAE rift deepens
Date: January 7, 2026
By Ahmed Elimam, Enas Alashray and Maha El Dahan Jan 7 (Reuters) - The leader of Yemen's southern separatists, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, was in the port city of Aden on Wednesday, the group said, after he...
Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3 billion EABL sale to Asahi
Date: January 7, 2026
NAIROBI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A Kenyan beer distribution firm has lodged a suit at the High Court seeking to block Diageo's $2.3 billion sale of its Kenyan subsidiary EABL to Japan's Asahi Holdings over...
Weinstein's Saba Capital presses again for board shake-up at Edinburgh Worldwide
Date: January 7, 2026
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital, the top shareholder of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, on Wednesday renewed its call for investors to elect a new, independent board after a "...
Ireland's Kingspan abandons IPO plans for data centre infrastructure business
Date: January 7, 2026
DUBLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Kingspan dropped plans for an initial public offering of 25% of its data centre-focused ADVNSYS business on Wednesday, saying shareholder value would be maximised by...
Snowstorm-hit travellers bed down in Amsterdam airport, Parisians take to skis
Date: January 7, 2026
BRUSSELS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Western Europe braced for more snow and ice on Wednesday, with the first named storm of the year hitting the continent's Atlantic coast. More flights were cancelled, train...
Volvo Cars sales rise 2% in December as fully electric jump in Europe and the US
Date: January 7, 2026
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Sweden-based Volvo Cars sold 75,049 cars in December, up 2% from a year earlier, it said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Jagoda Darlak, editing by Terje Solsvik and Anna Ringstrom )...