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EU-India trade deal is what world needs, not tariffs, Finland PM Orpo says
HELSINKI, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The EU-India trade deal will create opportunities and is what the world needs instead of tariffs, Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said, after meeting with […]
Argentine maritime workers begin 48-hour strike against labor reform
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Argentine maritime workers from the country’s maritime workers federation FESIMAF began on Wednesday a 48-hour strike impacting cargo ships, the federation said in a statement. Read […]
France opens Epstein probes into human trafficking and tax fraud
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) – France has launched wide-ranging investigations into human trafficking and financial fraud among contacts of the late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the release […]
Court backs Romanian plan to cap judges’ benefits, in win for pro-EU government
BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Romania’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a government move to raise the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and cap their pensions, delivering a major […]
Russia tells European nations who accuse it of poisoning Navalny with dart frog toxin to provide proof
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to support […]
Exclusive-Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa farm gate price cut, sources say
ABIDJAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast is considering cutting the guaranteed farm gate price paid to its cocoa farmers to align with Ghana, two government sources told Reuters, as […]
UK examining Epstein’s use of airport for trafficking
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – British police are assessing whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through a London airport on private flights, part of a now nationally coordinated effort to investigate […]
Amid tributes to civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, advocates see test for US race relations
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Among an outpouring of tributes following the death of U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, rights advocates vowed to continue his fight for racial justice and […]
Sun, sand and empty beaches: Trump oil squeeze chokes Cuba’s tourism
VARADERO BEACH, Cuba, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Cuba’s Varadero peninsula is a postcard of a tropical paradise: turquoise waters, powder-white sand and palm trees. Read full story Date: 18 February, […]
Americans believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Americans believe that wealthy and powerful people are rarely held accountable, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found after the release of millions of records on the […]
