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Oil prices rise 3% as US and Iran extend talks into next week

By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose about 3% on Friday as traders remaine...

27th February, 2026

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Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros; Netflix walks away and its shares jump

(In paragraph seven, corrects to say Liz Claman works for Fox Business, not Fox News) By Aditya Soni...

27th February, 2026

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Exclusive-GKN cancels plans for magnet factory in setback for Europe's rare earth aims

By Eric Onstad LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - GKN Powder Metallurgy has scrapped plans to produce rare e...

27th February, 2026

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Liquidation order for MBaer Merchant Bank is effective, watchdog says

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Swiss financial regulator FINMA said on Friday that a liquidation order for MBaer...

27th February, 2026

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Factbox-From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for ch...

27th February, 2026

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Maersk reroutes some sailings around Africa due to 'unforeseen constraints'  in Red Sea

COPENHAGEN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Denmark's Maersk said on Friday it will temporarily reroute some of i...

27th February, 2026

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Saudi Aramco bringing shale gas revolution to Arabian Desert

By Yousef Saba DUBAI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The shale revolution that made the United States the world'...

27th February, 2026

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Afghan Taliban open to talks after Pakistan bombs Kabul, Kandahar

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Asif Shahzad KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban r...

27th February, 2026

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UK cinemas give wary approval to Paramount's victory in Warner Bros race

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Paul Sandle LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - British cinemas cautiously welc...

27th February, 2026

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ArcelorMittal to close its second unit in Ukraine amid Russian attacks on power sector

KYIV, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine's major steelmaker ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is closing another of i...

27th February, 2026

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IMF says essential for Ukraine to push forward with reforms agreed under $8.1 billion loan

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's mission chief for Ukraine on Friday...

27th February, 2026

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BlackRock's GIP, EQT close to acquiring AES Corp, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 27 (Reuters) - BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and equity firm EQT AB are in adva...

27th February, 2026