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Image for Japan markets set for renewed 'Takaichi trade' after landslide election win
Finance

Japan markets set for renewed 'Takaichi trade' after landslide election win

By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan's volatile financial markets must now contend with Pri...

8th February, 2026

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Pressure grows on British Prime Minister Starmer over Mandelson fallout

LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A senior minister faced questions about British Prime Minister Keir Starme...

8th February, 2026

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Finance

Namibia won't recognise TotalEnergies, Petrobras deal due to not following procedure

WINDHOEK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Namibia is concerned that TotalEnergies and Petrobras had acquired new o...

8th February, 2026

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Ukraine urges acceleration of peace talks, says only Trump can broker deal

By Tom Balmforth and Daniel Flynn KYIV, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Kyiv's foreign minister has said the Ukrai...

8th February, 2026

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Finance

Czech prime minister in favour of social media ban for under-15s

PRAGUE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday he was in favour of banni...

8th February, 2026

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Olympics-Alpine skiing-Vonn has surgery on broken leg after horror crash in Cortina downhill

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn crashed out of t...

8th February, 2026

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Portugal elects Socialist as president by landslide, but far right grows

LISBON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Portugal was voting in a presidential runoff poll on Sunday to choose betw...

8th February, 2026

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Distrust, desertions, and dwindling bonuses undermine Socialist Party’s grip on Venezuela

(Reuters) Feb 8 - On the edge of Venezuela’s main oil city Maracaibo, members of a local branch of t...

8th February, 2026

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Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia, embassy says

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at a medical universit...

8th February, 2026

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Iran insists on right to enrichment, ready for confidence-building

DUBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Recognition of Iran's right to enrich uranium is key for nuclear talks with...

8th February, 2026

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Meloni and IOC condemn violence after clashes in Olympics host Milan

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned anti-Olympics protester...

8th February, 2026

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New Zealand to hear Christchurch mosque shooter's appeal against sentence

By Stefica Nicol Bikes and James Redmayne SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A white supremacist who killed 5...

8th February, 2026