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Image for UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs
Finance

UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs

By James Davey LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Britain’s major food retailers are beginning to feel the im...

9th January, 2026

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Finance

Russian drone strikes hit two foreign vessels in Odesa region, Kyiv says

KYIV, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Russia has attacked two foreign-flagged civilian vessels with drones in the...

9th January, 2026

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Defiant Bosnian Serbs, their leader celebrate banned state holiday

By Fedja Grulovic BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Bosnian Serbs marked their a...

9th January, 2026

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Dutch parties aiming for rare minority coalition government

AMSTERDAM, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Government formation talks in the Netherlands will be aimed at forming...

9th January, 2026

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Poland worried about tensions in NATO over Greenland, says Tusk

WARSAW, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Poland's prime minister is worried about the strain the United States' thr...

9th January, 2026

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Finance

Stellantis Europe chief concerned at 'misalignment' in EU regulation

BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The size and shape of any future investments in Europe by carmaker Stell...

9th January, 2026

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Finance

LVMH Champagne union calls for further strikes

PARIS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The CGT labour union at LVMH's Moet&Chandon and Veuve Clicquot champagne un...

9th January, 2026

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Spanish citizens released from Venezuela prison arrive in Madrid

MADRID, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Four Spanish nationals and a prominent Venezuelan-Spanish rights activist...

9th January, 2026

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Finance

Factbox-Global companies that have sued the US government for tariff refunds

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Thousands of companies around the world have filed lawsuits challenging U.S. Presi...

9th January, 2026

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EU grants Syria $722 million for recovery, humanitarian aid, von der Leyen says

BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The European Union will grant Syria around 620 million euros ($722 milli...

9th January, 2026

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Finance

Belgium to cull 55,000 chickens following bird flu outbreak

BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Belgium will cull around 55,000 chickens after detecting an outbreak of...

9th January, 2026

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Bulgaria’s president to hand centre-right coalition mandate to form government

SOFIA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's president said on Friday he would offer the mandate to the centr...

9th January, 2026