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Hays' Quarterly Recruitment Fees Drop on German Hiring Slowdown
Date: January 14, 2026
Jan 14 (Reuters) - British recruiter Hays posted a slightly bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter net fees on Wednesday, driven by weak hiring activity in technology and engineering sectors in...
George Vassiliou, 'eternal Optimist' President Who Led Cyprus Into the Eu, Dies at 94
Date: January 14, 2026
By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Former Cyprus President George Vassiliou, who died on Wednesday aged 94, once risked arrest in Cold War Hungary smuggling a banned political manifesto...
China's 2025 Trade With Russia Posts First Decline in 5 Years
Date: January 14, 2026
BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China's trade with Russia in 2025 pulled back from a record level in 2024 and dropped for the first time in five years, Chinese data showed on Wednesday. The trade totalled...
French Foreign Minister: Iran Crackdown Could Be Most Violent in Its Contemporary History
Date: January 14, 2026
PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - France suspects that Iran's crackdown on demonstrations across the country is the most violent in the country's contemporary history, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot...
Morning Bid: Turbocharged 'Takaichi Trade' Puts Markets on Yen Watch
Date: January 14, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee And just like that we are back screen gazing as the yen edges towards 160 per dollar, stoking intervention worries, as the...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills One, Sparks Fire in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, Officials Say
Date: January 14, 2026
Jan 14 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack overnight caused two fires at an industrial facility, injured four people and damaged apartment buildings in the southern Russian port of Rostov-on-Don,...