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Image for Spanish parliament rejects government's 2026 spending plan
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Spanish parliament rejects government's 2026 spending plan

(Reuters) -Spain's lower house rejected the government's proposed 2026 spending plan on Thursday, pr...

8th December, 2025

Image for Google ditches EU antitrust complaint about Microsoft cloud amid EU probe
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Google ditches EU antitrust complaint about Microsoft cloud amid EU probe

(Corrects title of Google executive in paragraph 4 to head of government affairs and public policy f...

8th December, 2025

Image for Merz hopes to avoid German coalition crisis with vow to overhaul pensions
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Merz hopes to avoid German coalition crisis with vow to overhaul pensions

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday h...

8th December, 2025

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Rome's bus and metro company to offer refunds for poor service

ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Rome's public transport company Atac has committed to offering refunds for p...

8th December, 2025

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Nine EU nations urge extreme caution on 'Buy European' policies

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Nine EU member states urged the bloc on Monday to b...

8th December, 2025

Image for China warns foreign media in Hong Kong over fire coverage
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China warns foreign media in Hong Kong over fire coverage

By James Pomfret HONG KONG, Dec 6 (Reuters) - China's national security office in Hong Kong warned f...

8th December, 2025

Image for French socialist party to vote social security budget's bill
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French socialist party to vote social security budget's bill

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - French socialist Party's leader Olivier Faure said on Monday his party will...

8th December, 2025

Image for French PM warns of 'loss of control' over social security spending
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French PM warns of 'loss of control' over social security spending

PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - France risks losing control of social security spending if lawmakers do not...

4th December, 2025

Image for Austria to spend $584 million of state-owned company reserves to lower energy costs
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Austria to spend $584 million of state-owned company reserves to lower energy costs

VIENNA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Austria’s government plans to finance a 500-million-euro ($584 million) pa...

4th December, 2025

Image for Female engineer to appeal after losing UK case over transgender toilet policy
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Female engineer to appeal after losing UK case over transgender toilet policy

By Kirstin Ridley LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A female engineer, who sued her employer Leonardo UK for...

4th December, 2025

Image for Balfour Beatty sees 20% order book jump in 2025 on UK power generation demand
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Balfour Beatty sees 20% order book jump in 2025 on UK power generation demand

Dec 4 (Reuters) - UK's Balfour Beatty on Thursday forecast its 2025 underlying profit from operation...

4th December, 2025

Image for Spain won't use bulk of EU recovery fund loans as economy growing fast, minister says
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Spain won't use bulk of EU recovery fund loans as economy growing fast, minister says

By Caroline Stauffer TORONTO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Spain will use only about a quarter of European Unio...

3rd December, 2025