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Italy clears UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM with prescriptions

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's cabinet on Friday gave a conditional green light to UniCredit's takeover bid...

18th April, 2025

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Volvo to cut up to 800 US jobs as Trump's tariffs bite

By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volvo Group plans to lay off as many as 800 workers at three...

18th April, 2025

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Carmaker Tofas gets Turkish antitrust authority nod for takeover of Stellantis Otomotiv

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's competition board said on Friday that it approved carmaker Tofas' take...

18th April, 2025

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Italian prison opens its first sex room for inmates

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's first-ever sex room for prisoners went into operation on Friday, when an in...

18th April, 2025

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Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Dar...

18th April, 2025

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Sanofi-Regeneron's Dupixent gets FDA's nod for skin condition

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the extended use of Sanofi and Regeneron's...

18th April, 2025

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Vance, Catholic at odds with Pope Francis, attends Vatican's Good Friday service

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic who has clashed...

18th April, 2025

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Italy agrees with US to oppose 'discriminatory' tech taxes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Italy and the United States issued a joint statement against "discriminatory"...

18th April, 2025

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Full text of US-Ukraine memorandum of intent for minerals deal

KYIV (Reuters) - Following is the complete text of a memorandum of intent signed on Thursday by Ukra...

18th April, 2025

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Melodic Italian bolsters Meloni in talks with Trump and Vance

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -The Italian language proved a secret weapon for Prime Minister Gi...

18th April, 2025

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Court acquits Slovenia's ex-PM Jansa of corruption charges

CELJE, Slovenia (Reuters) - A Slovenian court on Friday brought the first-instance ruling to acquit...

18th April, 2025

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Austria's Raiffeisen Bank denies report it has halted Russia unit sale

VIENNA (Reuters) - Raiffeisen Bank International, the largest Western bank still operating in Russia...

18th April, 2025