WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a web of Russian companies it said were used to disguise ownership of a $1.6 billion industrial stake controlled by a Russian tycoon, warning Western companies to steer clear of such deals. The step concerns a recently aborted bid by Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) to buy a …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will build a new international airport in the municipality of Alcochete, across the River Tagus from Lisbon, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced on Tuesday after decades of back-and-forth over the location. The new airport will be built at the site of a military airfield in Alcochete, about 40 km (25 miles) …
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By Simon Lewis KYIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday picked up a red guitar at a basement bar in Kyiv with a message for Ukraine – that the U.S. and much of the world was fighting not just for Ukraine but for the free world. Blinken, who while in Kyiv …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Tuesday appointing all members of the government and planned a late-evening meeting with his new cabinet line-up, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. The single announcement on the cabinet took the form of a list of all the appointees without …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Some 400 garbage collectors in Paris went on strike on Tuesday, demanding a bonus for the Olympic Games which will take place in the French capital this summer, French daily Le Monde reported. FTDNEEA, the part of French hardline CGT union which represents the sector, said on its website that it was …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts of the southern Gazan border city where more than a million people had been sheltering and stoking fears of further civilian casualties. Israel’s international allies and aid groups have repeatedly warned against a ground incursion into refugee-packed …
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters shut down a major intersection in the Georgian capital on Tuesday after parliament passed in third reading a law denounced by the opposition and Western countries as authoritarian. Reuters witnesses saw demonstrators converge on Heroes Square, an intersection controlling traffic between different neighbourhoods and close it down. (Reporting by …
DOHA (Reuters) -Talks over a ceasefire in Gaza have reached a stalemate due to Israel’s operations in the southern border city of Rafah, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Tuesday. Israeli operations in Rafah, which started this month, have closed a main crossing point for aid from the border with Egypt, …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A group of 11 countries, led by Ireland, has made a last-ditch attempt to approve the EU’s flagship policy to restore damaged nature, amid concerns the law could be shelved following EU elections in June. The law would be among the EU’s biggest environmental policies, requiring countries to introduce …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s securities watchdog confirmed on Tuesday final guidelines on when investment funds can label themselves as being ‘sustainable’ without being accused of greenwashing. Trillions of dollars globally have flowed into investments that promote their green attractions, but regulators say that some funds exaggerate sustainability claims. The European …
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