Pakistan’s largest province to hold snap polls in win for former PM Khan

By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE (Reuters) – A snap local election will be held in Pakistan’s most populous province, officials said, after the provincial leader, an ally of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan, triggered the poll, putting pressure on the government ahead a planned general election. Holding local elections in a province with 110 million people, …

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Russian-installed official in Crimea says air defences shot down 10 drones

(Reuters) – The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea said on Monday that air defences had downed 10 drones over the city in what he called a “failed Ukrainian attack”. Sevastopol, which is on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014, has come under repeated air attack since Russia invaded Ukraine last February. Russian …

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EU Commission wants first joint purchases of gas by summer

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission aims for EU countries to start jointly buying gas “well before summer”, European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Monday, an attempt to help countries refill storage and avoid a supply crunch next winter. Following a first meeting of European Union country representatives to coordinate the planned purchases, Sefcovic …

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Morawiecki pocht auf mehr deutsche Waffen für Ukraine

Berlin (Reuters) – Der polnische Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki hat Deutschland aufgefordert, der Ukraine mehr Waffen zu liefern. In der Ukraine entscheide sich auch das Schicksal Europas, sagte der nationalkonservative Politiker am Montag in Berlin bei einem Festakt für den CDU-Politiker Wolfgang Schäuble. “Die Hilfe für die Ukraine ist Teil des europäischen Überlebens.” Deutschland solle alle …

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Siemens sichert sich Milliarden-Auftrag in Indien

Düsseldorf (Reuters) – Die Siemens-Sparte Mobility hat einen milliardenschweren Rekord-Auftrag zur Lieferung von 1200 Lokomotiven nach Indien erhalten. Die Bestellung der staatlichen Eisenbahngesellschaft Indian Railways, die auch die Wartung und Instandhaltung der Loks über einen Zeitraum von 35 Jahren umfasse, habe ein Volumen von rund drei Milliarden Euro und sei damit der größte Lokomotiv-Auftrag in …

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India’s insurance regulator to treat green bond purchases as infra investments

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has said insurers will be allowed to classify their sovereign green bond purchases as infrastructure investments. The regulator, in a circular dated Jan. 13, said the move was made with the objective of “de-concentration and diversification” of insurers’ infrastructure portfolios as well as “from …

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Wintershall Dea urges Germany to clear CO2 exports for storage

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German oil and gas producer Wintershall Dea urged Berlin on Monday to clear exports of carbon dioxide to European neighbours that would be buried in so-called carbon capture and storage facilities (CCS). Germany, following a bilateral Danish and Belgian agreement, needs to ratify a clause in the so-called London Protocol, which bans …

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