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Activists protest French state's surprise major stake in TotalEnergies outside AGM
By America Hernandez PARIS, May 28 - Climate activists demonstrated outside the headquarters of Tota...
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Swiss federal prosecutors probe terror links to knife attack
ZURICH, May 29 (Reuters) - Swiss federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into Thursday...
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Putin says Russia has the means to destroy anyone who attacks its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - Russia has all the means necessary at its disposal to destroy anyone who...
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Putin says remark on Ukraine war coming to an end was based on battlefield advances
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday his remarks on May 9 abou...
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Exclusive-Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rules
By Katie Paul and Toby Sterling NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' plan to colle...
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Britain to step up subsea cable protection on rising Russian threat
By Paul Sandle LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Britain said shipowners and operators who recklessly damag...
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Putin says it's too early to say if the drone which strayed into Romania was Russian
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that it was too early to...
29th May, 2026
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Russian Oreshnik missile fired in January was nine years old, Ukrainian experts say
By Max Hunder KYIV, May 29 (Reuters) - A Russian Oreshnik missile fired at Ukraine in January appear...
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Hamas calls Netanyahu's plan to expand control in Gaza a dangerous escalation
By Dawoud Abu Alkas , Haseeb Alwazeer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Hamas sai...
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Iran calls for actions not words after US officials say peace deal is near
By Jonathan Landay, Steve Holland and Yomna Ehab WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Iran said on F...
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Russian-led economic union to look at suspending Armenia over EU ambitions
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - The Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will consider suspending A...
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Gazprom Neft says Q1 profit down 3.5% y/y
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom, said on Frida...
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Russia's diesel output falls a further 10% in May after drone attacks, data analysis shows
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - The production of diesel in Russia fell by around 10% in May, adding to a...
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Estonia clears Tesla FSD for roads, company says rollout to begin soon
May 29 (Reuters) - Estonia's transport authority said on Friday it had cleared Tesla's FSD driver-as...
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French citizens prefer capped fuel price at pump to superprofit tax, says TotalEnergies CEO
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - French citizens have said in a poll they prefer their fuel prices to be ca...
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Poland detains arms maker employee suspected of spying, minister says
WARSAW, May 29 (Reuters) - Polish authorities have detained an employee of the Polish Armaments Grou...
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UBS cuts several hundred jobs across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Bloomberg News reports
May 29 (Reuters) - UBS Group has eliminated several hundred positions across its operations in Europ...
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Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation
COPENHAGEN, May 29 (Reuters) - Danish pension fund Akademikerpension said on Friday it had placed Sp...
29th May, 2026
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Russian official warns Europe to brace for more drone incidents after Romania episode
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia's powerful Security Council, warn...
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Milan prosecutors investigate two Iranians over threats to dissidents
MILAN, May 29 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors have placed two Iranians living in Italy under investiga...
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Asda sales fall eases on better availability, prices
By James Davey LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - British supermarket group Asda reported another fall in qu...
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Fed's Bowman says extended energy shock could drive policy outlook shift
By Michael S. Derby May 29 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman sa...
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Zelenskiy could be stripped of top Polish honour, Poland's president says
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW, May 29 (Reuters) - Poland's president said on Friday he wanted a...
29th May, 2026
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Man charged in UK with assisting foreign intelligence service linked to Iran
LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence s...
29th May, 2026
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EU agrees to unlock billions in funds for Hungary -von der Leyen
BRUSSELS, May 29 (Reuters) - Hungary's progress in reforms under the new government allow the Europe...
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US consulate builder in Milan hit by court action over abuse allegations
By Emilio Parodi MILAN, May 29 (Reuters) - Prosecutors have placed the Italian branch of U.S. constr...
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E6 agree capital market supervision, says Germany
BERLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - The finance ministers of the EU's six biggest economies (E6) have agreed...
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German inflation eases in May, while core inflation rises
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - German inflation slowed in May but core inflation accel...
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Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water
By Yann Tessier and Sam Tabahriti WHITSTABLE, England May 29 (Reuters) - Thousands of households in...
29th May, 2026
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UK's midcap index heads for weekly gain as Ocado surges on Asda deal
May 29 (Reuters) - The UK's domestically focused FTSE 250 index headed for a second straight weekly...
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Hungarian prosecutors seize more than $300 million in probe of central bank foundations
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST, May 29 (Reuters) - Hungarian prosecutors and police seized some 92 billi...
29th May, 2026
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UK has no timeline to end lower pay for 18-20 year-olds, minister says
LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Britain's government is not committed to ending a lower minimum wage for...
29th May, 2026
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Top euro zone countries see Iran inflation fallout broaden in May
FRANKFURT, May 29 (Reuters) - Inflation in the euro zone's four largest economies hovered above the...
29th May, 2026
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Stellantis plays down European scope for JLR and Tata partnerships
TURIN, May 29 (Reuters) - Stellantis has no significant plans to expand its recent partnerships with...
29th May, 2026
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MPS focused on integrating Mediobanca, not Banco BPM talks, CEO says
ROME, May 29 (Reuters) - Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) bank is focused on integrating rece...
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Spain's Sanchez running out of road as corruption probes stack up
By Victoria Waldersee, Javi West Larrañaga and Charlie Devereux MADRID, May 29 (Reuters) - Eight yea...
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Kanye West to perform in the Netherlands despite bans elsewhere
AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several...
29th May, 2026
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European Commission debates policy shift to protect industry from China
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, May 29 (Reuters) - European commissioners met on Friday to discuss how to s...
29th May, 2026
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Sterling edges lower, BoE's Bailey signals no rush to raise rates
By Samuel Indyk LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - The British pound edged lower against the dollar on Frida...
29th May, 2026
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Hungary's PM says he will conclude political deal on EU funds with von der Leyen
BUDAPEST, May 29 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Friday he would conclude...
29th May, 2026