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Finance

Conflicting US-China talks statements add to global trade confusion

By Andrew Silver, Trixie Yap and Gram Slattery (Reuters) -China exempted some U.S. imports from its...

25th April, 2025

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Ukraine needs $2.9 billion to buy gas in 2025, National Bank says

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's National Bank said on Friday the country needs $2.9 billion for gas import...

25th April, 2025

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Seating plan for a pope's funeral – it's complicated, or compliqué

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - They may be the most powerful people on earth, but for t...

25th April, 2025

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Exclusive-US pharma tariffs would raise US drug costs by $51 billion annually, report finds

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -A 25% U.S. tariff on pharmaceutical imports would increase U.S. dru...

25th April, 2025

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US Congress unlikely to back a Greenland invasion, top Democrat says

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has been a tremendous ally of the United States in building a rules-b...

25th April, 2025

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Finance

Netherlands backs carbon storage project as Total, Shell step back

By Alban Kacher AMSTERDAM -The Dutch government said on Friday it would commit 639 million euros ($7...

25th April, 2025

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Ukraine detains foreign vessel it says was exporting stolen grain

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has detained a foreign vessel in its territorial waters which it alleges wa...

25th April, 2025

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UN refugee agency reduces support for Ukrainians fleeing frontline

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations' refugee agency has had to reduce suppor...

25th April, 2025

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Finance

World Bank is not an American bank, German development minister says

By Maria Martinez WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration cannot determine the mission of the...

25th April, 2025

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Global equity funds see second week of inflows on easing US-China tariff tensions

(Reuters) -Global equity funds attracted inflows for a second straight week through April 23, suppor...

25th April, 2025

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Bank of England focuses on trade war in 2025 stress test of central counterparties

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said on Friday it will focus on a scenario i...

25th April, 2025

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Kosovo in political stalemate as parliament fails to elect speaker

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's parliament failed to elect a new speaker for the fourt...

25th April, 2025