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Outage leaves Spaniards and Portuguese trapped, unable to pay and feeling powerless

By Aislinn Laing MADRID (Reuters) - Monday's huge outage delivered Spaniards and Portuguese a stark...

29th April, 2025

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Israel frees Gaza aid worker who went missing after deadly attack on colleagues, rescue service says

CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli authorities freed a Palestinian emergency responder who went missing in la...

29th April, 2025

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China waives tariffs on US ethane imports, sources say

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China has waived the 125% tariff on ethane imports from the United States impos...

29th April, 2025

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Crude processing ends at Scotland's Grangemouth oil refinery, redundancies start

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's only oil refinery ceased crude oil processing as of Tuesday, operator...

29th April, 2025

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Turkey, Italy to strengthen defence cooperation, boost trade

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey and Italy will continue to strengthen cooperation in the defence industr...

29th April, 2025

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World Bank sees commodity prices falling to pre-COVID levels

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Tuesday forecast that weakening global grow...

29th April, 2025

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Georgian police raid homes of activists providing financing to anti-government protesters

By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) - Georgian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had conducted searches at...

29th April, 2025

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Russian troops try to advance in Ukraine's Sumy region, governor says

(Reuters) - Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy regi...

29th April, 2025

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Mercedes signs deal with Luminar to develop latest lidar sensors

By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz has signed a new agreement with Luminar Techn...

29th April, 2025

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Romanians court far-right symbolism in run-up to election

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - On a sunny day in April, hundreds of Romanians queued on the out...

29th April, 2025

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Trump to sign executive order on auto tariffs Tuesday, White House says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on auto tariffs on Tuesda...

29th April, 2025

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Maersk says it has maintained all trans-Pacific sailings despite tariff, trade uncertainty

By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk said on Tuesday it had maintained all its scheduled...

29th April, 2025