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Digital euro to provide retail payments backbone Europe needs, ECB's Cipollone says
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EU to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organisation, Kallas says
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Swiss prosecutors widen fatal fire probe to local authorities, documents show
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Kremlin says Russia has invited Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks
Germany aims to confiscate property seized in Lebanon ex-central bank chief probe
Date: January 29, 2026
BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have applied to a court to confiscate some 35 million euros ($42 million) worth of property they had seized in a money laundering investigation into the...
Spain's government defends rail investment record after deadly crashes
Date: January 29, 2026
MADRID, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Spain's transport minister said on Thursday his government had ramped up spending in the railway network after years of underinvestment as he faced a grilling from senators...
Five former traders win right to appeal UK rate-rigging convictions
Date: January 29, 2026
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Five former traders jailed in Britain for rigging global benchmark interest rates can launch a fresh attempt to overturn their convictions, Britain's Criminal Cases Review...
EU sanctions Iran's interior minister and prosecutor general
Date: January 29, 2026
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The European Union has sanctioned Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi Azad, as well as Iman Afshari, a presiding judge, the...
Ukraine working with SpaceX to stop Russia from using Starlink to guide drones
Date: January 29, 2026
By Max Hunder KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine is working with U.S. satellite firm SpaceX to resolve the issue of Russian drones using the Starlink satellite internet system, the defence minister said...
China agrees to halve tariffs on UK whisky after Xi-Starmer talks
Date: January 29, 2026
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China will reduce its tariffs on Scotch whisky to 5% from 10% following talks between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping, a spokesperson for the...