By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that allowing the New START nuclear treaty with the United States to expire next February would be fraught with risks for international security. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would have to take unspecified measures if the U.S. did …
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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) -Euro zone business activity grew at its fastest pace in 16 months in September but remained modest as new orders stagnated after briefly expanding in August, potentially raising concerns about the sustainability of the bloc’s economic growth, a survey showed. The survey highlighted a stark difference between the bloc’s two …
By William James (Reuters) -Britain’s energy minister Ed Miliband said talk of a U.S.-led global retreat from climate action was overstated and that the economic arguments supporting net zero were strong enough to see off domestic and international scepticism. Miliband spoke to Reuters from New York Climate Week, where speakers have called for world leaders …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French economic activity contracted in September at the sharpest rate since April, as both manufacturing and services sectors in the euro zone’s second-largest economy experienced declines, S&P Global reported on Tuesday. The HCOB Flash France Composite PMI Output Index fell to 48.4 in September from 49.8 in August, marking a five-month low. A …
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By Tom Balmforth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will seek more support from allies when he addresses the UN and meets Donald Trump this week, but behind the scenes Kyiv is quietly preparing for a new phase of the war in which it relies more on itself. Kyiv’s hopes of winning tough new …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -NATO member Poland will not hesitate to shoot down objects that violate its airspace and pose a threat, but will take a more cautious approach to situations that are less clear-cut, the prime minister said on Monday. Estonia said three Russian fighter jets violated its airspace on Friday, adding to a sense among …
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By Kanishka Singh and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday and discuss the situation in Gaza, which has been under a mounting assault from Washington’s ally Israel. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that Trump will hold a …
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By Stine Jacobsen and Surbhi Misra COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Copenhagen Airport, the busiest in the Nordic region, said it reopened early on Tuesday after drone sightings halted all take-offs and landings for nearly four hours, with Norway’s Oslo Airport also re-opened after it had shut its airspace over a drone. “The police have launched an intensive …
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(Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited an Australian aid worker killed in Gaza, along with journalists and “tens of thousands of civilians”, in a speech at the United Nations where dozens of leaders met on Monday to promote Palestinian statehood. Australia, Britain and Canada on Sunday recognised Palestine, joining more than three-quarters of the …
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(Refiles to add Update 1 to headline) NEW YORK (Reuters) -Western countries are sending the wrong message by saying they will increase defense spending but reduce aid expenditures, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told Reuters in an interview on Monday. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event during the Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers meeting in New …
