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By Victoria Waldersee DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -The rise in popularity of the far-right in Germany is best fought by confronting the problems that boost their support, German finance minister Christian Lindner said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday. “The best way to make right-wing populists who have become big small again is to make …

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By Joan Faus and Catarina Demony BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish court has ruled a former Facebook moderator’s mental health was damaged by his work reviewing graphic content such as beheadings, in a case that could have implications for how social media firms work with moderators. The Barcelona court, upholding a decision by Spain’s social security …

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By Valentina Za and Andrea Mandala MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel on Thursday said his bank was not buying shares in Popolare di Sondrio, dismissing as “noise” a newspaper report about UniCredit being the lender behind stake-building in the smaller rival. Asked in an interview with Bloomberg television in Davos if UniCredit was …

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By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is able to stick to its self-imposed 2024 debt brake in a 476.8 billion euros ($517.8 billion) proposal drawn up by the parliamentary budget committee on Thursday, according to the draft seen by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. Under the proposal, which concludes months of tense negotiation …

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By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -LVMH veteran executive Michael Burke has been appointed chairman and chief executive of LVMH Fashion Group, overseeing the luxury goods group’s fashion labels, it said on Thursday. Burke – chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault’s longest-serving lieutenant – replaces long-time Fashion Group head Sidney Toledano, who was named advisor to Arnault …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French data watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had imposed a 10 million euro ($10.86 million) fine on U.S. web services provider Yahoo! for failings linked to the company’s cookie policy. The watchdog accused the company of “failing to respect the choice of Internet users who refused cookies on its main website and …

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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Countries in the Red Sea region need to enhance security to protect seafarers at risk as attacks on merchant shipping worsen, industry officials said on Thursday. Attacks on ships by Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi militia since November have slowed trade between Asia and Europe and alarmed major powers in an …

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