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Image for Renault first-half sales volume slumps 30% after Russia exit
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Renault first-half sales volume slumps 30% after Russia exit

By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) -Car sales at Renault fell 30% in the first half of 2022 after t...

12th July, 2022

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Japan bids sombre farewell to slain Shinzo Abe, its longest-serving premier

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -With prayers, flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, Japan on Tu...

12th July, 2022

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Russia gives exiting firms time by pausing asset seizure law

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s plan to implement a new law enabling authorities to seize the assets of...

12th July, 2022

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Spain to slap temporary taxes on banks, power companies, PM says

By Belén Carreño and Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spain will hit power companies and banks with te...

12th July, 2022

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Russia’s breadbasket seeing high yields as wheat harvest starts

(Reuters) – Farmers in Russia’s southern Rostov region, one of the largest grain producing and expor...

12th July, 2022

Image for Seething Sri Lanka stops president’s brother flying out of the country
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Seething Sri Lanka stops president’s brother flying out of the country

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan immigration officials stopped...

12th July, 2022

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‘Fear has taken the wheel’: German investor morale nosedives in July

BERLIN (Reuters) -German investor sentiment plunged below levels at the outset of the coronavirus pa...

12th July, 2022

Image for Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-controlled area as Kyiv gears up for southern counter-attack
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Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-controlled area as Kyiv gears up for southern counter-attack

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a successful long-range...

12th July, 2022

Image for Nordic insurer Tryg says long-haul travel more popular than pre-pandemic
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Nordic insurer Tryg says long-haul travel more popular than pre-pandemic

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Long-haul travel is back among Danes and even more popu...

12th July, 2022

Image for Polish central bank forecasts inflation peaking at 18.8% in Q1 2023
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Polish central bank forecasts inflation peaking at 18.8% in Q1 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will see inflation peak at 18.8% and economic growth fall to as low as 0.5...

12th July, 2022

Image for Spain swelters as temperatures reach 43C in second heatwave
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Spain swelters as temperatures reach 43C in second heatwave

By Michael Francis Gore and Catherine MacDonald MADRID (Reuters) -Spaniards kept to the shade in par...

11th July, 2022

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How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – In June, a few dozen activists started...

11th July, 2022