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Finance

Italy's antitrust investigates A2A over EV charging network

ROME, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust regulator has begun an investigation into utility group A2...

5th January, 2026

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Assange's lawyer Barry Pollack to fight Maduro's US narcotics charges

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Barry Pollack — the Washington lawyer who represen...

5th January, 2026

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Delcy Rodriguez formally sworn in as Venezuela's interim president

Jan 5 - Venezuela's vice president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez was formally sworn in on Monday...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

Berlin mayor warns on infrastructure after power station attack

BERLIN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Berlin's mayor said on Monday the German capital's core infrastructure nee...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

Blackout in Greek airspace: Mystery outage reignites debate over ageing systems

By Renee Maltezou, Michele Kambas and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - For a few tense h...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

European Commission calls Grok's sexualised AI photos 'illegal,' Britain demands answers

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Britain has demanded Elon Musk's social media site X explain how its AI ch...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

Soccer-Man United's managerial merry-go-round continues after Amorim sacking

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Manchester United woke up on Monday to yet anot...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

France asks airlines to cancel 15% of flights at Paris main airports after snowfalls

PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - French civil aviation authority asked airlines to cancel 15% of flights on...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

More than 145 countries agree on update to global minimum tax deal, addressing US concerns

PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - More than 145 countries agreed on Monday to amend a 2021 global minimum cor...

5th January, 2026

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Denmark's prime minister says Trump is serious about wanting Greenland takeover

COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday that she bel...

5th January, 2026

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Israeli airstrike kills two in Gaza including girl, hospital staff say

CAIRO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Israel killed at least two Palestinians including a girl, and wounded four...

5th January, 2026

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Finance

Exclusive-Novo Nordisk's US public affairs head leaves company, memo shows

By Maggie Fick and Dan Levine LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Danish obesity drugmaker Novo...

5th January, 2026