ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led Roman Catholics into the season of Lent at a traditional Ash Wednesday Mass, urging the faithful to use the time to put aside materialism and self-centeredness and help others. Participants, including the pope, had ashes sprinkled on their heads in the customary reminder of mortality during the service in …
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By Nandita Bose and Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday that “we will defend every inch of NATO” to reassure allies on Europe’s eastern flank and described Russia’s suspension of a landmark nuclear arms control treaty as a “big mistake”. Biden spoke during talks with eastern European NATO allies in …
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STRAUSBERG, Germany (Reuters) – German military instructors teaching some 1,000 Ukrainian troops how to use Western tanks and other arms will soon be reinforced by several hundred specialists from other countries, the head of the Special Training Command said on Wednesday. “We are talking about some 30-50 troops from Norway and several hundred from the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian carrier ITA Airways reached a wage accord with unions on Wednesday, averting the threat of the first strike since it began flying in 2021. The agreement envisages a realignment of pay levels for ground and flight personnel with European airlines, Filt-Cgil union official Fabrizio Cuscito said in a statement. The company …
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By Simon Lewis, Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden dramatically emphasized U.S. backing for Ukraine this week with a trip to the wartorn country, but back home public support for sending weapons to Ukraine is softening as the conflict enters its second year with no end in sight. Support …
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TUNIS (Reuters) – A European-based civil society organisation said on Wednesday that one of its researchers had been charged in Algeria with spreading classified information and taking money to disturb the public peace, accusations it said were baseless. The Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said senior analyst Raouf Farrah, along with his father …
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By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The post-pandemic rebound in world growth and inflation last year meant the amount of debt sloshing around the global economy saw its first annual fall in dollar terms since 2015, a widely tracked study has shown. The Institute of International Finance report published on Wednesday estimated that the nominal …
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BOGOTÁ, 22 feb (Reuters) – El Peso colombiano cerró el miércoles con alza de 1,19%, borrando las pérdidas del día previo aunque en una sesión volátil, alineado con el comportamiento de otras monedas de la región, previo a la publicación de las minutas de la reunión de la Reserva Federal estadounidense. La divisa finalizó en …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Chinese sales at Italian fashion group Aeffe rose 24% in the first half of January, its chairman said on Wednesday, expressing confidence about the performance of the region in the remainder of the year. “The year started very well … then we saw a new slowdown at the beginning of February, but …
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By Tommy Wilkes and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s financial regulator should rethink its plan to curb greenwashing because it risks disrupting 91 billion pounds ($110 billion) of investments and could damage faith in sustainable investing, the head of an investment managers’ industry group said on Wednesday. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) sustainability disclosure requirements …
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