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Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO, face Turkish objections

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London City Airport brings forward net zero target to 2030

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Euro zone April inflation revised down to 7.4%; still a record high

Cricket-England recall Anderson, Broad for first two NZ tests
Date: May 18, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Veteran seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad returned to the England test squad on Wednesday for the first two tests against New Zealand next month. The three-match home series will mark the beginning of Ben Stokes’ tenure as England’s test captain and will be the first assignment of their newly-appointed red-ball coach and...

ECB tells banks to buckle up as Ukraine war hits economy
Date: May 18, 2022
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has told banks to buckle up and prepare for a bumpy road ahead as the Ukraine war hits the economy and a sudden surge in interest rates makes markets more volatile, the ECB top supervisor Andrea Enria said on Wednesday. Euro zone banks were just coming out of...

When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn’t get them. Now they don’t want them
Date: May 18, 2022
By Edward McAllister and Cooper Inveen DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) – It’s noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet. One woman,...

Austria’s neutral status here to stay, foreign minister says
Date: May 18, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – The foreign minister of Austria said his country would retain its neutral status even as EU allies Sweden and Finland overhauled decades-long foreign policy stances to apply for NATO membership in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The situation for us looks a little different,” Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told German...

Soccer-Police arrest man after Blades skipper Sharp attacked
Date: May 18, 2022
(Reuters) – Nottinghamshire Police on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of assault after Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp was attacked on the pitch at the end of the second leg of their Championship playoff semi-final at Nottingham Forest. Forest supporters ran onto the pitch when the hosts sealed a 3-2 win on penalties, after...

China Eastern crash probe looks into crew actions -sources
Date: May 18, 2022
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining the actions of the crew on the flight deck, with no evidence found of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter said. In mainland China’s deadliest aviation disaster for 28 years, the Boeing 737-800 crashed...
