ECB’s Centeno: international market price falls yet to reach consumers

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Declines in the international market prices of raw materials, energy and foods will need to start making their mark on consumer goods or interest rates will have to be raised further, ECB Governing Council member Mario Centeno said on Friday. “The overwhelming majority of inflationary shocks, if not all, have…

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Pope Francis leaves hospital ‘in better shape than before’

By Philip Pullella and Cristiano Corvino ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis was discharged from hospital on Friday morning, nine days after surgery to repair an abdominal hernia, and his doctor said he was stronger than before. The 86-year-old pontiff left Rome’s Gemelli hospital in a wheelchair, smiling and waving to reporters and well-wishers at the main…

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Putin thanks UAE leader for Ukraine help, hails growing economic ties

By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday thanked the president of the United Arab Emirates for his efforts in freeing prisoners of war in Ukraine and hailed what he said were expanding economic ties between Moscow and Abu Dhabi. Putin made the comments during talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin…

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Self-driving truck company Einride expands into Norway

By Johannes Birkebaek COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Swedish electric self-driving truck company Einride expects to reduce CO2 emissions in Norway by 2,100 tonnes over the coming three years as it partners up with Scandinavia’s leading postal service, PostNord, the company said on Wednesday. Norway has the world’s highest number of electric vehicles per head of population…

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Climate and Ukraine loom over supply-strained Paris Airshow

By Tim Hepher, Valerie Insinna, Joanna Plucinska and Allison Lampert PARIS (Reuters) – Global aerospace and defence companies will tout the cleaner transport and robotic weapons of the future as they also tackle urgent supply bottlenecks at next week’s Paris Airshow, taking place under the shadow of climate fears and a war economy. The world’s…

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Hungary cenbank to cut one-day depo rate by another 100 bps next week: Reuters poll

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank is expected to cut its key one-day deposit rate again next week, a Reuters poll showed, as inflation cooled more than expected and the forint currency stabilised after the bank lowered rates last month. The National Bank of Hungary cut its one-day deposit rate by 100…

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Greece scours shipwreck site; hundreds feared drowned in boat’s hold

By Lefteris Papadimas and Stamos Prousalis KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -Rescuers scoured the seas off Greece on Thursday following a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants, as hopes of survivors dwindled and fears grew that hundreds more, including children, may have drowned inside the crowded vessel’s hold. Reports suggested between 400 and 750 people had…

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