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Image for UK minister pushes regulator to speed up online safety enforcement
Finance

UK minister pushes regulator to speed up online safety enforcement

LONDON (Reuters) -British technology minister Liz Kendall urged the communications regulator Ofcom t...

12th November, 2025

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Finance

French lawmakers vote to approve suspension of unpopular pension reform

PARIS (Reuters) -French lawmakers are expected to vote to suspend a contested pension reform on Wedn...

12th November, 2025

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Ukrainians flee southeastern front as fighting worsens

HULIAIPOLE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Bundled in layers of clothing and clutching her cane inside an evacua...

12th November, 2025

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Chasing the Louvre loot: Inside Antwerp's jewellery underworld

By Gabriel Stargardter and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -In the hours after the Louvre heist, B...

12th November, 2025

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Italy plans levy on low-value parcels to protect fashion industry

ROME (Reuters) -Italy is working to adopt a tax on low-value postal packages from non-European count...

12th November, 2025

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Italy to hike defence spending once out of EU deficit procedure, minister says

ROME (Reuters) -Italy will gradually increase its defence budget once out of an European Union exces...

12th November, 2025

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Ukraine's energy minister resigns following corruption probe in sector

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on Wednesday she had submitted her...

12th November, 2025

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Ukraine says it pulled back troops from southeastern village, stopped Russian advance

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's military said on Wednesday that it had pulled back troops from near a sett...

12th November, 2025

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Russia, Kazakhstan agree to strengthen oil sector ties after Moscow talks

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed to boost their partnership in the oil sector fol...

12th November, 2025

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Bulgaria's president vetoes law to seize Lukoil refinery amid US sanctions

SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev on Wednesday vetoed legal changes that would allow...

12th November, 2025

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Epstein emails say Trump 'knew about the girls'; new House Democrat pledges file release

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the undera...

12th November, 2025

Image for Analysis-UK PM Starmer's authority shaken as rift with Labour lawmakers deepens
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Analysis-UK PM Starmer's authority shaken as rift with Labour lawmakers deepens

By Elizabeth Piper, Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -On the eve of a visit to L...

12th November, 2025