LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5% on Thursday and warned against assumptions that they would fall over its next few meetings, as policymakers grapple with deep uncertainty hanging over the British and world economies. The rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 to keep rates on hold, with only external …
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(Reuters) -Poland is ready to start work on resuming the production of anti-personnel mines, its defence minister said on Thursday, after Warsaw joined the Baltic states this week in announcing a plan to withdraw from a treaty that bans their use. Quitting the 1997 Ottawa Convention, which has been ratified or acceded to by more …
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(Reuters) -A European Medicines Agency committee, on Thursday, accepted the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called AIM-NASH in clinical trials to help identify the severity of a type of fatty liver disease. The condition, called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, is a difficult-to-treat disease that affects around 1.5% to 6.5% of adults in …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin sent a message to Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa backing efforts to ensure Syria’s territorial integrity and offering Russia’s “practical cooperation” on a whole range of issues, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The fall in December of President Bashar al-Assad to rebels led by Sharaa after 13 years of civil war …
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By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) – A museum that opened this week in Cyprus showcases priceless early Christian artworks, many of which were recovered after being stolen from churches in the north of the war-split island. The Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation opened on March 18 in the capital Nicosia after five …
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(Reuters) – European Union leaders must pay more attention to increased instability in the Western Balkans, specifically in Bosnia and Serbia, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday ahead of an EU summit in Brussels. “We have to monitor the situation in southeastern Europe, primarily the stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the situation …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine struck Russia’s Engels military airbase with attack drones in the Saratov region of southwest Russia overnight, causing a fire and explosions in the area, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. The airbase hosts Russian strategic bombers that are used to attack Ukraine and also has a warehouse holding cruise missiles and glide …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe must continue to give strong backing to Ukraine regardless of any talks between Washington and Moscow to ensure Kyiv is in a position of strength and that any ceasefire is sustained, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. “We must continue our support with a clear position that a just peace must be …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspected navy training in the Caspian Sea and ordered the rapid completion of work on new facilities there, his ministry said on Thursday. It published video showing live-fire exercises at sea, and navy divers firing weapons underwater while training in a swimming pool. The ministry said construction …
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By Nelson Renteria, Brendan O’Boyle and Raul Cortes SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -The U.S. has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in a controversial mega-prison known for its harsh conditions. Here is what we know about the mega-prison called CECOT, an acronym for Terrorism Confinement Center in Spanish. …
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