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US considers buying Chagos Islands, Telegraph reports

June 7 (Reuters) - The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, t...

7th June, 2026

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Italy recovers 10 bodies after migrant boat capsizes off Malta

ROME, June 7 (Reuters) - Italian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies after a migrant boat capsized in...

7th June, 2026

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Ingredion in talks to buy UK's Tate & Lyle for $3.6 billion, Bloomberg News reports

June 7 (Reuters) - U.S. food ingredients maker Ingredion is in advanced talks to acquire Britain's T...

7th June, 2026

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BPM moved on MPS as Intesa, BPER also weighing moves, sources say

MILAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Banco BPM has invited Monte dei Paschi di Siena to talks at a time when al...

7th June, 2026

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Zelenskiy in UK for talks with Starmer, Macron and Merz

KYIV, June 7 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was in Britain for bilatera...

7th June, 2026

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit to open SpaceX tokenized IPO access

June 7 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said it will offer retail investors access to token...

7th June, 2026

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Partners Group co founder calls share price slide 'massive overreaction'

ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) - The slide in the shares of Swiss asset manager Partners Group was a "mass...

7th June, 2026

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Italy's ITA Airways weighs lawsuit over Pratt & Whitney engine faults

By Allison Lampert RIO DE JANEIRO, June 7 (Reuters) - Italy’s ITA Airways will decide within the nex...

7th June, 2026

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Global airlines slash 2026 profit forecast on fuel shock from Iran war

By Gabriel Araujo, Luciana Magalhaes, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Allison Lampert RIO DE JANEIRO, June 7...

7th June, 2026

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Banco BPM urges MPS to discuss merger to create Italy's No.2 biggest bank

MILAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Banco BPM said on Sunday its board had unanimously approved expressing int...

7th June, 2026

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Israel kills five in Gaza as Egypt hosts new ceasefire talks

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas-led police station in...

7th June, 2026

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More sanctions could be imposed on Israeli settlers in 'coming days', France says

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers could face further sanctions in coming days in protest at...

7th June, 2026

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Quakes rattle Greek island near Athens, no injuries reported

ATHENS, June 7 (Reuters) - Two successive quakes with a magnitude near 5 hit the Greek island of Evi...

7th June, 2026

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US troops, families adjust to new normal of Iran war

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Fourteen weeks after President Donald Trump ordered a...

7th June, 2026

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Swiss firms invest $27 billion in US after tariff deal, NZZ am Sonntag reports

ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) - Swiss companies invested $27 billion in the United States between January...

7th June, 2026

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EU conservative chief urges tougher China trade stance, Bild am Sonntag reports

ZURICH, June 7 (Reuters) - The head of the conservative European People's Party in the European Parl...

7th June, 2026

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Ukrainian mothers' fight to free children from Russians depicted in new opera

By Daniel Flynn KYIV, June 7 (Reuters) - An opera by a Ukrainian composer that premiered in Kyiv thi...

7th June, 2026

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Hundreds of thousands line Madrid streets to see Pope Leo

By Joshua McElwee and Corina Pons MADRID, June 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people lined t...

7th June, 2026

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Russian drone hit nuclear-fuel storage facility near Chornobyl, Ukraine says

KYIV, June 7 (Reuters) - A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukrai...

7th June, 2026

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Case for joint European debt is compelling, ECB's Patsalides says

FRANKFURT, June 7 (Reuters) - It is time for Europe to give up its long-standing political resistanc...

7th June, 2026

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Safran to invest €120 million in precision navigation sensors in France

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - French jet engine maker Safran will invest €120 million ($138.23 million)...

7th June, 2026

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Armenians vote with peace efforts and Russia in focus

By Lucy Papachristou YEREVAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Armenians head to the polls on Sunday in a parliame...

7th June, 2026

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Kosovo holds another snap election as political crisis drags on

By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, June 7 (Reuters) - Kosovo heads to the polls for parliamentary elections o...

7th June, 2026

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Bouygues-led consortium signs $23.44 billion deal to buy SFR from Altice France

June 6 (Reuters) - Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Free-iliad Group have signed a memorandum of underst...

6th June, 2026

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US gives Hungary's MOL more time for talks to buy Serbian oil firm NIS 

ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) - Hungary's largest oil and gas corporation, MOL MOLB.BU, has been granted...

6th June, 2026

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US eyes Iranian assets for Gulf allies' reconstruction, source says

By David Lawder, Eman Abouhassira and Ahmed Elimam WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. gov...

6th June, 2026

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North Korea will not retreat from nuclear status, Kim Jong Un's sister says

SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) - Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Kor...

6th June, 2026

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Russian Defence Ministry: anti-aircraft units intercepted 339 Ukrainian drones over 13-hour period

June 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday its anti-aircraft units had intercepte...

6th June, 2026

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High fuel costs to trigger airline failures and consolidation, industry chief says

By Joe Brock RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Reuters) - Soaring jet fuel prices driven by conflict in the Mi...

6th June, 2026

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Berlin hospital discharges US doctor who contracted Ebola

By Milana Vinn NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen treated in Germany after contracting Ebol...

6th June, 2026

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France, allies eye national measures to pressure Israel over West Bank, diplomats say

By John Irish PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - France is working with several countries to step up pressure...

6th June, 2026

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Horse racing-Christmas Day wins Epsom Derby for O'Brien's 12th triumph

EPSOM, England, June 6 (Reuters) - Christmas Day stormed to victory in the 247th running of the Epso...

6th June, 2026

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Deferring jet orders over Iran war would be costly for Middle Eastern carriers, IATA VP says

By Allison Lampert and Gabriel Araujo RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Reuters) - Deferring jet orders due to...

6th June, 2026

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Israeli strike in Gaza kills seven people, including two women, medics say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, June 6 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike killed at least seven Palestinians...

6th June, 2026

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Airbus closing in on widebody order from Scandinavian airline, Bloomberg News reports

June 6 (Reuters) - Airbus is closing in on a widebody order from Scandinavian carrier SAS AB, which...

6th June, 2026

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Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says power supply has been restored

MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - The Russian-installed management of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power...

6th June, 2026

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Armenia arrests six candidates for pro-Russian opposition day before vote

By Lucy Papachristou YEREVAN, June 6 (Reuters) - Armenian authorities arrested six candidates for a...

6th June, 2026

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British royals gather for wedding of Princess Anne's son

KEMBLE, England June 6 (Reuters) - King Charles and senior British royals gathered at a village in s...

6th June, 2026

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Hegseth, at D-Day event, says Europe faces 'invasion' of dangerous ideologies

PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that Europe faced w...

6th June, 2026

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Lithuania's Social Democrats remove junior party from coalition government, seek new partner

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, June 6 (Reuters) - Lithuania's ruling Social Democrat party voted on Satur...

6th June, 2026