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US cuts contact with Polish parliament speaker over Trump 'insults'
WARSAW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw cut off contact with Poland's parliament spe...
5th February, 2026
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Analysis-Once feted Mandelson becomes nightmare for weakened UK PM Starmer
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kei...
5th February, 2026
Finance
ECB's Lagarde to raise reform pressure on EU leaders with checklist
FRANKFURT, Feb 5 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will present EU leade...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Hims and Hers Health's compounded Wegovy pill offering fuels market jitters
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Hims & Hers said it would begin offering compounded versions of Novo Nordisk's Weg...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Proposed UBS regulation targeted and focused, says Swiss banking supervisor
ZURICH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Swiss government proposals to strengthen capital rules for UBS are proport...
5th February, 2026
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Activists plan new, bigger flotilla to try to bring aid to Gaza
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Activists behind a flotilla intercepted at sea last yea...
5th February, 2026
Finance
A year in which the major central banks part ways
By Stefano Rebaudo LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Central banks in big economies are parting ways, with A...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Slovenia prepares legislation to ban social media for under-15s
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Slovenia is preparing draft legislation that will ban access to social media for m...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Hims offers cheapest GLP-1 weight-loss pill in US in a shock to Novo, Lilly
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Online telehealth company Hims and Hers Health will begin offering copie...
5th February, 2026
Finance
BoE's Bailey welcomes Warsh as Trump's choice to lead U.S. Fed
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey on Thursday welcomed U.S. President...
5th February, 2026
Finance
ECB leaves rates unchanged, shrugs off inflation dip
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged as expected on Thu...
5th February, 2026
Headlines
US, Russia to reestablish military-to-military talks
Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said that Washington and Moscow on Thursday agreed to reestablis...
5th February, 2026