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Germany's Stark valued at more than 1 billion euros in funding round, says Manager Magazin

FRANKFURT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Stark Defence took on new funding from investors a few weeks ago, incr...

13th February, 2026

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Factbox-Key priorities of the BNP, winner of Bangladesh election

Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) won a decisive two-thirds majority on Friday...

13th February, 2026

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Russia attacks port near Odesa, kills brothers near front line, Ukrainian officials say

Feb 13 (Reuters) - A Russian drone attack killed one person and injured six others at one of the por...

13th February, 2026

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Finance

Analysis-Sanofi's new CEO needs to fix drug pipeline and navigate Trump

By Bhanvi Satija and Maggie Fick LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Sanofi's incoming CEO, 65-year-old Belén...

13th February, 2026

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Starmer set to call for multinational defence initiative to cut rearmament cost, FT reports

Feb 13 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Kier Starmer is set to make the case for Britain and its W...

13th February, 2026

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Finance

Russia says Ukrainian drones hit houses, enterprises in Volgograd

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones hit residential houses and industrial facilities in the southern...

13th February, 2026

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Finance

GE Aerospace turns to robots and 'Lean' methods to tackle jet engine repair crunch

SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace technician Suresh Sinnaiyan has spent more than a decade...

13th February, 2026

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Merz, Macron eye new European security framework amid US reset

By Sarah Marsh and Andrew Gray BERLIN/MUNICH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - One year after U.S. Vice President...

13th February, 2026

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Son of Bangladesh's former rulers poised for power as BNP sweeps poll

By Ruma Paul, Krishna N. Das and Tora Agarwala DHAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Bangladesh National Par...

13th February, 2026

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We have backed US peace proposals to get a deal done

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv had sought to back U.S. peace p...

12th February, 2026

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Australia's conservative opposition picks a new leader amid ratings slump

SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley has lost a party room vote and th...

12th February, 2026

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Finance

Exclusive-Saudi-backed Midad signs term sheet with Lukoil for sanctioned assets, pending approvals

By Jarrett Renshaw and Dmitry Zhdannikov Feb 12 (Reuters) - Saudi-backed Midad Energy has signed a t...

12th February, 2026