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Image for UK engineer Senior's shares surge as takeover offers pour in
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UK engineer Senior's shares surge as takeover offers pour in

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Senior's shares leapt more than 20% on Friday after the British engineering compa...

27th February, 2026

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Factbox-Companies cutting jobs as investments shift toward AI

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Investors' and economists' concerns that artificial intelligence will upend estab...

27th February, 2026

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Spain alerts WHO of swine flu virus believed to have been transmitted between people

BARCELONA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Spain has alerted the World Health Organization of what it believes to...

27th February, 2026

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France says drone incident near aircraft carrier would be 'provocation' if Russian link confirmed

PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Friday Paris had no evi...

27th February, 2026

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Belgian watchdog opens probe into Google's online ad price practices

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Belgium's competition watchdog said on Friday it had opened an investigation into...

27th February, 2026

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Bank of England should not be 'lulled into false sense of security' by lower inflation, Pill says

LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Friday that the central...

27th February, 2026

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Polish ruling party plans social-media ban for children under 15

By Barbara Erling WARSAW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The largest party in Poland's coalition government is p...

27th February, 2026

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TotalEnergies mulls sale of German charging station business, The Pioneer reports

Feb 27 - French oil major TotalEnergies  is exploring the sale of its charging station business in G...

27th February, 2026

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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

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

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