BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under pressure to approve an increase in international military support for Kyiv by allowing the export of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. Germany has resisted such a move so far, saying Western tanks should only be supplied to Ukraine if there is agreement among Kyiv’s main …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumers believe price pressures will ease considerably over the next 12 months, with a survey on Friday showing their one-year inflation outlook falling in January to the lowest level since the spring of 2021. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said the one-year inflation outlook slipped to a preliminary reading …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday and told him that the United States strongly supports the defense of Japan. In their Oval Office meeting, Biden also thanked Kishida for strong leadership in working closely on technology and economic issues. (Reporting by Andrea …
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KIRUNA, Sweden (Reuters) – The European Union will assess whether Poland’s latest changes to the judiciary can unlock billions worth of EU aid only when the new law is fully implemented, the head of the European Commission said on Friday. Ursula von der Leyen spoke after the lower chamber of the Polish parliament adopted a …
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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Poland and Lithuania want to lower the price cap on Russian oil, and target Russia’s nuclear sector under new European Union sanctions against Moscow and Minsk for the war in Ukraine, senior diplomats from the two EU countries said on Friday. As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears, Europe …
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Por Karen Freifeld y Jonathan Stempel NUEVA YORK, 13 ene (Reuters) – Un juez de Nueva York condenó el viernes a la empresa inmobiliaria homónima de Donald Trump a pagar una multa penal de 1,61 millones de dólares tras ser declarada culpable de maquinación para defraudar a las autoridades fiscales durante 15 años. El juez …
KIRUNA, Sweden/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB on Thursday said it had identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area in the far north of the country, the largest known such deposit in Europe. Rare earth minerals are essential to many high-tech manufacturing processes and are used in …
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By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California has been deluged since Dec. 26 by seven atmospheric rivers that have dumped up to 30 inches (76 cm) of rain over some areas, but the drought that has gripped the western United States remains far from over. Virtually none of the storms has reached the Colorado River basin, …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is not feeling pressured by Washington to adopt new U.S. rules further restricting semiconductor technology exports to China, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. The Hague has denied licenses for its largest company, ASML Holding NV, to export its most advanced machines to China since 2019, following lobbying …
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(Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Britain on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance strategic and technical cooperation in the energy sector. The MoU was signed during a visit by Britain’s Business and Energy Secretary, Grant Shapps, to Abu Dhabi. Britain’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy said the MoU would …
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