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Iran's divided opposition senses its moment but activists remain wary of protests

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI -Iran's fragmented opposition groups think their moment may be close at hand,...

19th June, 2025

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Italy, pressed to boost defence spending, lashes at 'stupid' EU rules

By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -European Union budget rules are "stupid and sens...

19th June, 2025

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German finance minister hopes for deal with states on relief by Tuesday

BERLIN (Reuters) -German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil aims to have an agreement with the country'...

19th June, 2025

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EU's main political group on collision course with Germany over budget increase demands

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union's next long-term budget must be bigger th...

19th June, 2025

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Arab town in Israel weeps for four family members killed in Iranian strike

By Alexander Cornwell TAMRA, Israel (Reuters) -When a phone alert sounded on Saturday night to warn...

19th June, 2025

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Global uncertainty puts big central banks in a tight spot

By Alun John and Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -Central banks are grappling with elevated uncertain...

19th June, 2025

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As war and tariffs fog the outlook, some central banks trim rates

By John Revill and Terje Solsvik ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss and Norwegian central banks became the...

19th June, 2025

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Russia's flagship economic forum offers scant hope of foreign investment revival

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Foreign direct investment into Russia has fallen sharply, U.N. data...

19th June, 2025

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European shares dive as Mideast tensions, US involvement fears weigh

By Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) -European shares lost ground on Thursday as fears of possible U.S. involv...

19th June, 2025

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Putin and Xi discussed 'rough edges' between G7 leaders at summit, Kremlin says

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed...

19th June, 2025

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ECB will keep doing all is needed to meet inflation goal, Nagel says

MILAN (Reuters) -The European Central Bank has shown to be very good at using a wide range of tools...

19th June, 2025

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Hungarian police ban Budapest Pride march, citing protection of children

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian police said on Thursday in a statement that they were banning the Buda...

19th June, 2025