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Image for Hungarian opposition taps former Shell executive for economics role ahead of April election
Finance

Hungarian opposition taps former Shell executive for economics role ahead of April election

BUDAPEST, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has tapped former Shell execut...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

Trump to meet global CEOs in Davos, with US policy in spotlight

By Divya Chowdhury and Peter Thal Larsen DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is expe...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

Russian-owned owned Serbian refiner has enough crude to keep running through February

BELGRADE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Serbia's majority Russian-owned oil company NIS said on Monday it had s...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

BHP refused permission to appeal UK judgment over 2015 Brazil dam collapse

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it i...

19th January, 2026

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Russia hits energy system in several regions of Ukraine, Kyiv says

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russia launched a barrage of drone strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure ove...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

Germany and France 'will not be blackmailed' with US tariff threat, finance ministers say

By Maria Martinez and Leigh Thomas BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The German and French finance minister...

19th January, 2026

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Gunman kills one, wounds six others in Czech town hall before killing self

PRAGUE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A woman was killed and at least four other people including a police offi...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

UK PM Starmer: More action is needed to protect children on social media

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday more needed to be done...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

Kremlin says Trump would go down in world history if US took Greenland

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that it was hard to disagree with experts who...

19th January, 2026

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Putin’s special envoy Dmitriev to travel to Davos, meet members of U.S. delegation, sources say

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev will tra...

19th January, 2026

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Finance

Trump links Greenland threat to Nobel Peace Prize snub, EU prepares to retaliate

By John Irish PARIS/OSLO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has told Norway's prime min...

19th January, 2026

Image for Olympics-Passion and debts: the mixed legacy of the 2006 Turin Games
Finance

Olympics-Passion and debts: the mixed legacy of the 2006 Turin Games

TURIN, Italy, Jan 19 (Reuters) - When Turin hosted the Winter Olympics 20 years ago, it transformed...

19th January, 2026