NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is hopeful of a rupee trade with Russia, a trade ministry official said on Monday, as government data showed a near 400% jump in Russian merchandise imports from April-December compared with a year ago. India has been exploring a rupee trade settlement mechanism with Russia since soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine …
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TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania on Monday handed a note of protest to the British ambassador over comments by immigration minister Robert Jenrick about illegal Albanian immigrants that the foreign ministry said used the “language of hatred”. In the past year there has been a significant increase in the number of Albanians trying to reach Britain …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish prosecutor said on Monday there would be no formal investigation into a demonstration last week in Stockholm in which a life-size effigy of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was hung from a lamppost by its feet, the Aftonbladet reported. A video clip published last week that showed an effigy of Erdogan …
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By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) -Annual inflation in Nigeria dipped in December to 21.34% after 10 straight monthly increases, the statistics bureau said on Monday, ahead of a central bank meeting to set interest rates next week. The central bank meets next week Tuesday to decide on rates in Africa’s largest economy. It has previously …
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By Simon Jessop and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European Union regulators should not define greenwashing in law, fund industry groups have told the bloc’s markets watchdog, citing concerns this would complicate a sector in “constant flux”. Trillions of dollars have flowed into investments claiming to be climate-friendly, but there have been few sanctions for …
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By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, a sultry Mediterranean diva who came to represent Italy’s vibrant rebirth after World War Two, has died aged 95, her former lawyer said on Monday. After a humble upbringing, Lollobrigida played opposite Hollywood stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and …
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Frankfurt (Reuters) – Die europäischen Aktienmärkte sind mit Kursgewinnen in die neue Woche gestartet. Der deutsche Leitindex Dax stieg am Montag um 0,4 Prozent auf 15.145 Punkte, sein europäisches Pendant Eurostoxx50 legte 0,2 Prozent auf 4159 Zähler zu. Nachdem in der Vorweihnachtszeit Pessimismus dominiert habe, scheine der Auslöser für die jüngste Rally eine Kombination aus …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union might escape the steep economic recession some had predicted several months ago, when energy prices were sky-rocketing, but that does not mean the area is out of the woods yet, EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday. “Clearly, we are seeing some positive signs and for example (the) …
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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – Siemens has signed a 3 billion euro ($3.25 billion) contract to supply and service freight trains in India, the German engineering company said on Monday, the biggest locomotive deal in its history. Siemens will deliver 1,200 electric locomotives and provide servicing for 35 years under the agreement, also its …
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The arrest of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro deals a powerful blow to the mythology of the Cosa Nostra, toppling a symbol of the group’s resistance to police efforts to break up organised crime. Messina Denaro, 60, was Italy’s most wanted mafia boss and had been on the …
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