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Finance

Exclusive-Ukraine's 2026 defence exports could hit 'several billion dollars', official says

KYIV, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine could export several billion dollars of military goods and services...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

NORAD detects Russian planes off of Alaska, sends aircraft in response

Feb 19 (Reuters) - The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Thursday it detected...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

Lagarde dampens ECB exit talk, says she expects to finish her term

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Christine Lagarde said she expects completing her mission as president of the Eur...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

Trump meets Novartis CEO, says drugmaker building 11 US plants

ROME, Georgia, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he met Vas Narasimhan, the chief...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

Volkswagen workers ratify first UAW contract, marks win for labor in the South

DETROIT, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday vot...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred t...

20th February, 2026

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One dead in Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol in Crimea, governor says

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones attacked the port of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea, killi...

20th February, 2026

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Finance

German tax revenues fell by 3.4% in January, finance ministry says

BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state government tax revenues fell by 3.4% in Janua...

19th February, 2026

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Gaza deaths in war's first 15 months higher than reported, study says

By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, Feb 19 (Reuters) - More than 75,000 Palestinians were killed in the first 1...

19th February, 2026

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Factbox-Where King Charles' brother Andrew shows up in the Epstein files

By Sam Tabahriti and Andy Sullivan Feb 19 (Reuters) - King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatt...

19th February, 2026

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Climber is convicted over girlfriend's death near Austria's highest peak

VIENNA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Thursday found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer gui...

19th February, 2026

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Trump mixes diplomacy and flattery at peace board meeting

By Bo Erickson, Trevor Hunnicutt and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - World leaders who...

19th February, 2026