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By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Plans by Airbus to host its largest investor meeting in three years have been postponed after the keenly awaited presentation clashed with Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee, ruffling feathers among the aerospace giant’s British investors and staff. Airbus officials have written to participants acknowledging the date for the Capital Market Days …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who was forced to miss the traditional formal opening on parliament earlier this week, appeared in public on Friday to attend a horse show close to her home. Elizabeth, 96, missed the grand set-piece ceremony at parliament on Tuesday because of what Buckingham Palace described as “episodic mobility problems”. She …

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(Reuters) -Nike has terminated its sponsorship deal with Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow because they will not be taking part in European competitions next season, the company and the club said. UEFA, the governing body of European soccer, decided Russia would have no affiliated teams participating in its club competitions in the 2022-23 season …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s minister for Brexit opportunities said he would be surprised if the European Union tore up the existing post-Brexit trade deal in response to any unilateral action London may take in the ongoing row over Northern Ireland. “It would not necessarily seem a beneficial approach for them to take, because it also …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s minister for Brexit opportunities, Jacob Rees-Mogg, said on Friday that a tighter monetary policy and constrained fiscal policy would be the right response to control inflation and help ease a cost-of-living crisis. “The right responses are tighter monetary policy, which is the responsibility of the Bank of England, and constrained fiscal …

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WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday that it was vital to keep up the pressure on Russia by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and imposing further sanctions. “It is very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons to Ukraine …

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(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte told Mikel Arteta to stop complaining and focus on his own team after the Arsenal boss criticised the referee following Thursday’s 3-0 defeat that cut his side’s advantage in the top-four race to just one point. Arteta was left fuming after referee Paul Tierney pointed to the spot …

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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to slash 91,000 civil service jobs to free up billions for tax cuts, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. Johnson used a “cost of living” cabinet meeting in the Midlands on Wednesday to order his top team to redouble their efforts to ease the financial …

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By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has been forced to spend 245.1 billion hryvnia ($8.3 billion) on its war with Russia instead of development, the finance minister said on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the huge economic cost of Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion. The figure, which has not been disclosed by Ukraine’s government before, …

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