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Image for German cabinet agrees on law to incentivise post-retirement work
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German cabinet agrees on law to incentivise post-retirement work

By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's cabinet agreed a draft law on Wednesday to encourage w...

15th October, 2025

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Russian strikes knock out power in parts of Ukraine

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia struck Ukrainian power infrastructure with drones overnight, knocking out ele...

15th October, 2025

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Swedish truckmaker Scania launches new China manufacturing hub

By Andrew Silver RUGAO, China (Reuters) -Volkswagen's Swedish truckmaker Scania opened its first ful...

15th October, 2025

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Analysis-EU scramble for anti-Russia 'drone wall' hits political, technical hurdles

By Andrew Gray, Supantha Mukherjee and Max Hunder BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM/KYIV (Reuters) -Just hours afte...

15th October, 2025

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After winning pensions concession, France's Socialists eye billionaire tax in budget

PARIS (Reuters) -France's Socialist Party would look to introduce a so-called Zucman wealth tax as p...

15th October, 2025

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Analysis-China to keep its 'all about production' economic playbook as rivalry with US intensifies

SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Communist Party meets this month to map a five-year vision that...

15th October, 2025

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Italy's antitrust regulator probes Philip Morris Italia over smoke-free products

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into Ph...

15th October, 2025

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UK regulator fines Royal Mail record $28 million for missing delivery targets

(Reuters) -Britain's telecom and media regulator on Wednesday said that it had fined Royal Mail 21 m...

15th October, 2025

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Inside Novo Nordisk's 'Club 5,000' as Danish staff cuts gain pace

By Maggie Fick, Soren Jeppesen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Romel Amineh...

15th October, 2025

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Italy's tenacious stance on gold pays off as prices soar

By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) -Italy, whose sovereign assets from bonds to banks have so often b...

15th October, 2025

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British jets to keep flying over Poland until the end of the year, British Minister says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Britain's Defence Secretary John Healy said on Wednesday his country's jets will...

15th October, 2025

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UK's Reeves considering tax increases and spending cuts, Sky News reports

(Reuters) -Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said she was looking at both tax rises and spend...

15th October, 2025