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Image for Ukraine says ‘Battle of Donbas’ has begun, Russia pushing in east
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Ukraine says ‘Battle of Donbas’ has begun, Russia pushing in east

(Reuters) – Russian forces launched a new offensive push along most of Ukraine’s eastern flank on Mo...

18th April, 2022

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Banking on the metaverse: What HSBC and JPMorgan’s move into the metaverse tells us

By Danny Stefanic, CEO and founder of MootUp There hasn’t been an industry untouched by metaverse in...

18th April, 2022

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Exclusive-Russian invasion damaged up to 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, says minister

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine’s...

18th April, 2022

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Watchdog warned UK government of spyware infections inside 10 Downing Street

By Christopher Bing (Reuters) – Digital rights watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Monday it had warn...

18th April, 2022

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U.S. CDC lifts COVID ‘Do Not Travel’ recommendations on about 90 countries

(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had dropped its “...

18th April, 2022

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Exclusive-Russian invasion damaged up to 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, says minister

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine’s...

18th April, 2022

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Musk targets Twitter board as company adopts ‘poison pill’

(Reuters) -Elon Musk took a swipe at the board of Twitter on Monday after the social media company a...

18th April, 2022

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Ukraine says first civilians killed in Lviv, fighters cling on in Mariupol

By Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Pavel Polityuk LVIV/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities said a Russian...

18th April, 2022

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World Bank says war to cut global growth, boosts financing target

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank is reducing its global growth forecast for 2022 by nearly a fu...

18th April, 2022

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Oil rises as Libya outages add to Russia supply fears

By Yuka Obayashi and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday in choppy trade, with B...

18th April, 2022

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China Q1 GDP tops forecast, but March weakness raises outlook risks

By Kevin Yao and Stella Qiu BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy slowed in March as consumption, real...

18th April, 2022

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CEO steers electric truck startup Rivian through supply chain twilight zone

By Joseph White NORMAL, Ill. (Reuters) – Rivian Automotive Inc CEO R.J. Scaringe needs to sell a lot...

18th April, 2022