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ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic travelled to the Ukrainian city of Odesa for a regional summit on Wednesday, the first time the Moscow-friendly leader has visited the country during his 12 years in power. Vucic travelled to Ukraine for one day to take part in the Ukraine-Southeastern Europe Summit in the Black …

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By Barbara Erling and Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s pro-European coalition government won a vote of confidence on Wednesday, an outcome that Prime Minister Donald Tusk hopes will give his cabinet new momentum after it was shaken by a setback in the presidential election. Rafal Trzaskowski from Tusk’s Civic Coalition was defeated by nationalist Karol …

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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries may demand that Brussels simplify the EU’s methane emissions law, which has stoked concerns from companies that it could hamper imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas, according to a document seen by Reuters. From this year, the EU requires importers of oil and gas to monitor and …

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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -Increased tensions in the Middle East may lead to an escalation in military activity that could impact shipping in critical waterways, Britain’s maritime agency said on Wednesday. Much of the world’s oil and key commodities including grains pass through the region’s busy sealanes. The United States and Iran are expected …

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(Reuters) -London stocks ended marginally higher on Wednesday, as investors assessed the implications of the latest public spending review along with developments on the global trade front and some tame U.S. inflation data. The benchmark FTSE 100 closed 0.1% higher, sitting about 45 points away from its all-time highs. The mid-cap FTSE 250 also ended …

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By Francois Murphy GRAZ, Austria (Reuters) -Austria came to a standstill on Wednesday to mourn victims of one of the worst outbreaks of violence in its modern history, as authorities search for clues to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people at his former high school before killing himself. Police said the man had …

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