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Date: June 20, 2022
By Toby Sterling, Caroline Pailliez and Tim Hepher AMSTERDAM/PARIS/DOHA (Reuters) -After 21 years as a service agent at Air France, Karim Djeffal left his job during the COVID-19 pandemic to start his own job-coaching consultancy. “If this doesn’t work out, I won’t be going back to the aviation sector,” says the 41-year-old bluntly. “Some shifts...
Fifteen EU nations say bloc must urgently accelerate trade deals
Date: June 20, 2022
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Fifteen European Union governments called on Monday for the bloc to accelerate the conclusion of free trade agreements to ensure its long-term economic growth and geopolitical standing in the world. In a letter to EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis seen by Reuters, 15 economy, foreign and trade ministers said the Ukraine war...
Primark to trial Click & Collect but online delivery still off the agenda
Date: June 20, 2022
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Budget fashion chain Primark will trial a Click & Collect service on children’s products in the United Kingdom but said the move should not be seen as a precursor to an online delivery offer. Parent Associated British Foods said on Monday the Click & Collect trial will take place in...
Danone trims product range as shoppers balk at high prices
Date: June 20, 2022
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -French food giant and the world’s biggest yoghurt maker Danone is cutting the variety of products its sells, a top executive said, adapting to changing consumer shopping habits in Europe and beyond as inflation bites into household spending. Supermarkets and the makers of packaged food are struggling to combat rising...
Lettenbichler follows in father’s footsteps at Red Bull Erzbergrodeo
Date: June 20, 2022
German makes history as only eight riders finish formidable Iron Giant course. Manuel Lettenbichler has beaten 1,200 competitors and a mountain called the Iron Giant to triumph at the 26th edition of Austria’s iconic Red Bull Erzbergrodeo seven years after his father Andreas achieved the same feat – the only father/son combo to do it....
Italian foreign minister accuses own party of ‘immaturity’ over Ukraine
Date: June 20, 2022
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Sunday accused his own 5-Star Movement party of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome’s standing within the European Union. His outburst could signal an imminent schism in the group he once led. A late night meeting of 5-Star’s national...