By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound eased on Friday as nervy investors flocked to the dollar in light of growing pessimism over the outlook for the U.S. economy as President Donald Trump’s tariffs are about to come into force. That said, sterling was still heading for its first monthly rise since September, driven …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors on Friday called for the temporary arrest of a mercenary who stashed illegal weapons and cash at home and 20 other people with links to the far-right frontrunner in last year’s canceled presidential election pending an investigation. Former French Foreign Legion soldier Horatiu Potra, who has served as a military …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it had suggested restoring direct air links with the United States at what it described as “substantive and businesslike” talks in Turkey. Russia’s Foreign Ministry did not say how the U.S. side had responded at Thursday’s meeting in Istanbul, but shares in Russian airline Aeroflot were up 3.8% …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s deputy prime minister followed up on a meeting with Russia’s spy chief in Moscow by accusing Western intelligence agencies on Friday of trying to destabilise the country by backing months of anti-government protests. In a statement after seeing Sergei Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), deputy premier Aleksandar Vulin …
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By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had arrested two church figures suspected of plotting to kill a priest close to President Vladimir Putin on the orders of a Ukrainian spy agency. The alleged target was Tikhon Shevkunov, 66, whom Russian media have described for years as “Putin’s confessor”. …
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Israeli delegation in Cairo aims to negotiate to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal by an additional 42 days, two Egyptian security sources said on Friday. Hamas opposes the extension and insists on proceeding to the second phase of the deal as originally agreed, the sources told Reuters. …
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London on Sunday to participate in a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine, a government spokesperson said on Friday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting leaders of Italy, Poland and other allies …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation prospects improved while growth remained anaemic, fresh data showed on Friday, solidifying the case for further ECB rate cuts to stimulate an economy that has been stagnant for nearly two years. Borrowing costs have already tumbled but the 20-nation currency bloc is stuck in low gear as manufacturing is …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Senior figures from Germany’s conservatives and the Social Democrats will begin exploratory talks on forming a coalition government on Friday, sources at the parties told Reuters. Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative bloc which came first in Sunday’s election, has said he wants a government in place by Easter on April 20, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Three people were killed in drone and artillery strikes on the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian state news agencies reported on Friday. A woman and a child were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on an ambulance in the village of Mala Lepetykha, RIA reported, citing local authorities. TASS reported that …
