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UK needs tough action on government budget policy, OECD warns

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's government needs to try harder to reduce borrowing and debt, the Paris-b...

3rd June, 2025

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Thames Water on the brink after KKR drops out of rescue deal

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water said U.S. private equity firm KKR had pulled out from a pla...

3rd June, 2025

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Polish PM Tusk to call for vote of confidence in government

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk will call for a parliamentary vote of confiden...

2nd June, 2025

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Polish eurosceptic Nawrocki expected to win presidential vote, news website Onet says

(Reuters) -The candidate supported by Poland's largest nationalist opposition party, Karol Nawrocki,...

2nd June, 2025

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Another railway track damaged in Russia's Bryansk region, Russian Railways say

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A railway track on the Unecha-Zhecha section in Russia's Bryansk region was damag...

1st June, 2025

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UK faces choice next week between health and other spending, IFS think tank warns

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves' key decision in next wee...

31st May, 2025

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Germany hopes for EU deal on sending failed asylum seekers to third countries, minister says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's interior minister is hoping the European Union can reach a bloc-wide agr...

31st May, 2025

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Sweden eases alcohol monopoly one bottle at a time

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - If Anna Anerfalt gets a license to sell gin, whiskey and schnapps to visitors...

30th May, 2025

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UK finance minister nominates budget watchdog chief for second term

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Friday that she had nominated the c...

30th May, 2025

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UK man appears in court over Liverpool parade incident that hurt dozens

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - A British man appeared in court on Friday charged with causing grievo...

30th May, 2025

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Israel aid blockage making Gaza 'hungriest region on earth', UN office says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Israel is blocking all but a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, the U...

30th May, 2025

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UK police charge man over Liverpool car collision that hurt dozens

LONDON (Reuters) -A 53-year-old British man was on Thursday charged with seven offences including da...

29th May, 2025