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Exclusive-Five EU finance ministers call for tax on energy companies’ windfall profits
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (383+ words) BERLIN, April 4 (Reuters) " Five European Union finance ministers are calling for a tax on windfall profits of energy companies in reaction to rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, "according to a letter from the ministers to the EU…...
Ukrainian drone and missile attack kills at least one in southern Russia, governor says
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (98+ words) MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone and missile attack on southern Russia "killed at least one "person, injured four others, and sparked a blaze aboard a foreign-flagged vessel, Russian officials said on "Saturday. (Reporting by Reuters; Edit... Ukrainian drone and…...
Prosecutors open hate speech probe against French rolling news channel CNews
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (289+ words) PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) " The Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday it had opened an investigation into French news channel CNews for possible hate "speech after alleged racist comments about Bally Bagayoko, "the newly elected Black mayor of Parisian suburb Saint-Denis....
Zelenskiy urges lawmakers to act as Ukraine funding hangs in balance
21+ hour, 50+ min ago (463+ words) KYIV, April 3 (Reuters) " President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on lawmakers to pass key legislation next week to avert a funding crisis, help Ukraine fight the war against Russia, and enact key reforms required for European Union accession. Due to "lagging reforms…...
Russia warns citizens not to travel to states that have extradition treaties with US
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (295+ words) MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) " Russia warned its citizens on Wednesday not to travel to countries that have extradition treaties with the United States. In a travel "advisory, the Foreign Ministry said "the intensity of Washington's "punitive justice" had increased since the…...
Four suspects in foiled BofA Paris bombing put in pre-trial detention
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (374+ words) PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) " A man and three minors have been put in pre-trial detention as part of investigations into a foiled March bomb attack on the Bank of America's Paris office, "authorities said " a plot that officials say may be…...
Explainer-Can Trump pull the US out of NATO?
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (719+ words) WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) " President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to pull the United States out of NATO due to its European members" refusal to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, as he intensified his denunciations of…...
Europe’s STOXXX 600 jumps 2% on Middle East de-escalation hopes
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (258+ words) The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 2.4% to 596.76 points by 0713 GMT, with all major sectors in the green except energy. Most major regional bourses traded around 2% higher, "with "Germany's DAX leading with a 2.7% "rise. Oil price-sensitive travel stocks jumped "4.2% and led…...
Tesla March car registrations soar in key European markets
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (327+ words) By Alessandro Parodi and Louise Rasmussen April 1 (Reuters) " New registrations of Tesla cars more than tripled in France in March, just shy of a two-year-old record high, and "doubled in the Nordic countries, data showed on Wednesday, "in the latest…...
Euro zone inflation surges past ECB target on oil shock
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (812+ words) By Balazs Koranyi and Maria Martinez FRANKFURT, March 31 (Reuters) " Euro zone inflation soared past the European Central Bank's 2% target this month as surging oil and gas costs drove up headline prices, but the jump was smaller than expected and core…...