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AstraZeneca holds talks with Bristol Myers Squibb on potential megadeal, FT reports
Aug 2 (Reuters) - UK drugmaker AstraZeneca has been exploring a deal to combine with U.S. rival Bris...
2nd August, 2026
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Analysis-China draws 'red lines' around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks
By Claire Fu, Kevin Yao and Liangping Gao SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China is energeticall...
2nd August, 2026
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Death toll from migrant rush into Ceuta rises to 72
By Leonardo Benassatto CEUTA, Spain, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The death toll from Thursday's mass rush into...
2nd August, 2026
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Italian-led EU force boards sanctioned tanker from Russia's 'shadow fleet' in Mediterranean
ROME, Aug 2 (Reuters) - An EU mission led by Italy boarded a tanker belonging to Russia's so-called...
2nd August, 2026
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Greece battles wildfires, Hungary shuts nuclear power plant due to drought
AGIOS KONSTANTINOS, Greece, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Greek firefighters battled on Sunday to control a huge...
2nd August, 2026
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Hungary PM flags "critical" days ahead with looming nuclear shutdown
BUDAPEST, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Hungary faces a critical five days, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on...
2nd August, 2026
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Holcim to sell majority stake in Philippines unit to China's Huaxin for $527 million
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Swiss building materials supplier Holcim Group said on Sunday it would sell a near...
2nd August, 2026
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Ukrainian drones kill two in Russia, strike Wildberries warehouse, governors say
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia's Volga...
2nd August, 2026
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Life after Orban: Hungary Inc digs in as new political era takes hold
By Gergely Szakacs and Michael Kahn BUDAPEST/PRAGUE, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Hungarian firms and business...
2nd August, 2026
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Exclusive-Japan to announce Tokyo, Washington took joint action on yen, sources say
TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will announce on Monday that Tok...
2nd August, 2026
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Israeli strikes kill at least four in Gaza despite Trump announcing breakthrough
CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, k...
1st August, 2026
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Iran threatens to strike other nations' energy fields if US launches fresh attacks
By Yasmine Ghania and Menna AlaaElDin CAIRO, August 2 (Reuters) - Iran warned this weekend against a...
1st August, 2026
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Three killed, 15 injured in Moscow explosion, TASS says
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 15 injured in an explosion near a cafe in central Mos...
1st August, 2026
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Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain's Ceuta to Morocco
By Ahmed El Jechtimi and Corina Pons FNIDEQ, Morocco/CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Migrants who sw...
1st August, 2026
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Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, destroy medicine storage warehouses
By Mahmoud Issa and Alexander Cornwell Deir al-Balah, GAZA/TEL AVIV, July 28 (Reuters) - Israel's mi...
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Romania expands bear cull, critics say enforcement gaps persist
TRANSFAGARASAN, Romania, Aug 1 (Reuters) - In just three hours on a sunny morning on Romania's sceni...
1st August, 2026
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Crimean families queue for hot meals as Ukraine hits power supply
MASSANDRA, Crimea, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Under a blazing summer sun, a chef poured oil into huge pots se...
1st August, 2026
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Rosatom says its civilian vessel sank in Black Sea after Ukrainian drone attack, all crew survived
MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian drones hit and sank a civilian vessel owned by Russian state...
1st August, 2026
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Wildfires rage in Greece as firefighters continue battle in France and Spain
ATHENS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by heavy winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on...
1st August, 2026
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Soccer-Infantino's FIFA future in jeopardy after private equity gamble backfires
By Ian Ransom and Kokkai Ng Aug 1 (Reuters) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino, hitherto untouchable...
1st August, 2026