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Image for Hedge fund founder Leone successfully defends London harassment case
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Hedge fund founder Leone successfully defends London harassment case

By Nell Mackenzie and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge fund founder Davide Leone and his epony...

17th October, 2025

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Novo Nordisk hires US pharma veteran as Trump pricing pressure mounts

LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk has appointed U.S. pharmaceutical executive Greg Miley as...

17th October, 2025

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Budapest is another stab at getting Putin to negotiate seriously with Ukraine, German Foreign Minister says

ANKARA (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said the planned Budapest talks between U....

17th October, 2025

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Putin's Budapest visit makes awkward spectacle for EU, NATO

By Gergely Szakacs and Lili Bayer BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -When Russia's Vladimir Putin steps of...

17th October, 2025

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Portugal's parliament approves far-right party's bill to ban face veils

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's parliament approved on Friday a bill to ban face veils used for "gender...

17th October, 2025

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Morocco, Russia renew deal on Russian fishing in Atlantic waters

RABAT (Reuters) -Morocco and Russia renewed on Friday a deal allowing Russian ships to fish in Atlan...

17th October, 2025

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Alarms maker Verisure flags data breach at partner

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish alarms maker Verisure said on Friday it had recently detected unauthori...

17th October, 2025

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Ukraine could use reparations loan to buy weapons outside Europe, document shows

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has suggested Ukraine use part of an envisaged 140 billi...

17th October, 2025

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Bosnia's Serb Republic to appoint acting president after Dodik's departure

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic will appoint an interim president, its parliam...

17th October, 2025

Image for Portugal's CP buys 114 electric railcars from Alstom for $871 million
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Portugal's CP buys 114 electric railcars from Alstom for $871 million

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's state-owned railway operator CP said on Friday it will purchase 117 sel...

17th October, 2025

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IMF urges more joint EU borrowing to pay for bloc's public goods

By Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union should jointly borrow to pay for Europe...

17th October, 2025

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Europe needs to make a 'down payment' on reforms to sharply boost growth - IMF

By Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union needs to adopt only a small number of r...

17th October, 2025