No sign of Russian intent to change tack on Ukraine war, Blinken says
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Russia shows no sign of changing direction in its war on…
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UK extends Activision deadline after receiving Microsoft’s ‘complex’ proposal
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator on Friday extended its final deadline on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal…
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appeal
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bid to temporarily block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase…
StanChart to sell five sub-Saharan Africa businesses to Access Bank
DUBAI (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in five sub-Saharan…
One in four UK single parent households unable to afford food
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of…
Czech lawmakers give initial backing to $7 billion budget savings package
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech parliament’s lower house gave initial backing on Friday to the centre-right government’s package of spending…
European sovereign bond funds pull in record $15 billion in second quarter
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Global investors poured a record amount of money into European sovereign bond funds in…
Kevin Spacey tells London court sexual assault accusation is ‘absolute bollocks’
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Kevin Spacey described an allegation he grabbed a man’s crotch as “absolute bollocks” on Friday,…
Ukraine posts trade deficit of $8.97 billion in Jan-May
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s trade deficit grew to $8.97 billion in the first five months of the year compared with…
Cuba vows to take part ‘very constructively’ in EU summit with Latin America, Caribbean
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel promised on Friday his country would take…