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Image for Saudi Arabia sits on fence over BRICS with eye on vital ties with US
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Saudi Arabia sits on fence over BRICS with eye on vital ties with US

By Pesha Magid, Maha El Dahan and Manya Saini RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has held off for...

8th May, 2025

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Russia, China discuss Beijing's participation in Russian LNG projects, minister says

(Reuters) -Chinese companies' involvement in Russian liquefied natural gas projects is being discuss...

8th May, 2025

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Dozens of Gaza communal kitchens shut as supply runs out, worsening hunger

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza sh...

8th May, 2025

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Finance

Slovak PM Fico takes circuitous route to Russia after Baltics close airspace

(Reuters) - Slovakia's prime minister was seeking a route to Moscow on Thursday to attend Russia's W...

8th May, 2025

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Finance

Press freedom stifled in Greece, reforms needed, says Human Rights Watch

ATHENS (Reuters) - Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis...

8th May, 2025

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Finance

EU disburses a new one-billion-euro loan tranche to Ukraine

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had disbursed the fourth tranche of...

8th May, 2025

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Finance

British equities mixed as markets mull US-UK trade deal

By Ragini Mathur and Twesha Dikshit (Reuters) -Britain's main indexes climbed on Thursday, with news...

8th May, 2025

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Finance

Trump says trade deal between US, UK to be comprehensive

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that Thursday would be "a very b...

8th May, 2025

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Exclusive-BYD aims to sell half its cars outside China by 2030, sources say

By Brenda Goh and Nick Carey SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) -BYD, China's No. 1 automaker, aims to sell h...

8th May, 2025

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AI execs say US must increase exports, improve infrastructure to beat China

By Alexandra Alper and Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top executives at American AI giants OpenAI,...

8th May, 2025

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Ireland's Camogie Association to vote on whether to allow women to wear shorts

By Trevor Stynes (Reuters) - The Camogie Association of Ireland will vote on whether women will be a...

8th May, 2025

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Black smoke signals no pope elected in morning conclave votes

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican...

8th May, 2025