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Many Germans still work from home despite end of COVID requirement – Ifo

9 May 2022

BERLIN (Reuters) – The proportion of German people working from home fell only slightly in April, according to a survey published on Monday, despite the country lifting remote-working requirements brought into force to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ifo economic institute said its survey of 9,000 companies showed 24.9% of German employees worked from home …

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Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats to decide on NATO on May 15

9 May 2022

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats will decide on May 15 whether to overturn decades of opposition to NATO membership, the party said on Monday, a move that would almost certainly lead to Sweden asking to join the 30-nation alliance. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked an urgent rethink of security policy in both …

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Portugal set to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park

9 May 2022

By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira ALQUEVA, Portugal (Reuters) – Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on Portugal’s Alqueva reservoir in preparation to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park in July. Built by the country’s main utility EDP on Western …

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Germany’s conservatives on track to win election in northern state

8 May 2022

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s conservative CDU won an election in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein on Sunday, a boost to the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, which was ousted from national government in federal elections last year. An exit poll by infratest dimap put the Christian Democrats (CDU) at 43.5% of votes, …

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Evacuees from Azovstal plant arrive in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia

8 May 2022

By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, a U.N. official said. Osnat Lubrani, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, said …

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Russian attacks on rail system fail to paralyze ‘lifeline of Ukraine’

8 May 2022

By Jonathan Landay FASTIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A salvo of missiles brought the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to Fastiv, a quiet town abounding with flowering cherry trees and set in sweeping farmland hundreds of kilometres from the front lines. The strike on April 28, which injured two people, hit an electrical substation that feeds power …

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G7 leaders pledge further economic isolation of Russia

8 May 2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Group of Seven leaders said in a joint statement on Sunday that they will reinforce Russia’s economic isolation and “elevate” a campaign against Russian elites who support President Vladimir Putin. After meeting virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the leaders said they would cut off key services on which Russia depends, …

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Russia says it hit Ukrainian warship near Odesa, downed two bombers

8 May 2022

(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had destroyed a Ukrainian navy ship near Odesa with a missile strike overnight. The ministry said its missiles had hit a ‘Project 1241’ corvette, a class of Soviet missile corvettes with a NATO reporting name of Tarantul. Russia’s air defences also shot down two Ukrainian SU-24 …

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