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Finance

Spain to declassify files that could shed more light on 1981 coup attempt

MADRID, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Spain will declassify documents that could shed more light on a 1981 atte...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

EU lobby group calls for tighter emission rules for corporate cars

Feb 23 (Reuters) - The European Union should make companies include more environmentally friendly ve...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

Germany's Merz: disqualified Olympian's helmet symbolizes Ukraine's courage

BERLIN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor on Monday weighed in on the disqualification of a Uk...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

EU set to freeze US trade deal approval over Trump tariff risk, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 23 (Reuters) - The European Union is poised to freeze the ratification process of its trade deal...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

Far-right files no-confidence motion against French PM over new energy law

PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - France's far-right National Rally (RN) party submitted a no-confidence mot...

23rd February, 2026

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'Welcome to CHINA' greets Philippine officials on trip to disputed South China Sea

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea, Feb 23 (Reuters) - As the Philippine Coast Guard plane descended towa...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

Swiss industry group says Trump's latest US tariff hike creates more chaos

ZURICH, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's weekend announcement that he would increase...

23rd February, 2026

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US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say

By Feras Dalatey and Orhan Qereman DAMASCUS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. forces began pulling out of the...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

Britain fines porn company $1.8 million over lack of age checks

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - British media regulator Ofcom said on Monday it had fined porn company 85...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

Novo Nordisk's CagriSema trial deals blow in obesity drug battle with Eli Lilly

COPENHAGEN, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk said on Monday its experimental obesity drug CagriSema d...

23rd February, 2026

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Finance

US ambassador urges Portugal to buy F-35s, join top-tier air forces

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Portugal has urged Lisbon to r...

23rd February, 2026

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Poland detains Belarusian suspected of spying for Minsk

WARSAW, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Poland has detained a Belarusian man on suspicion of conducting espionage...

23rd February, 2026