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By Andrew Gray, Johnny Cotton and Sabine Siebold
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukrainian courts have tried and convicted 26 low-ranking suspects since the Russian invasion a year ago and have brought charges against nearly 300 individuals, an official said on Thursday.
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By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Adobe Inc said on Thursday it had signed a deal with semiconductor Qualcomm Inc as a customer for its cloud-based marketing software.
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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries on Thursday failed to agree on a new set of sanctions against Russia, missing a planned deadline to have them in place for the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday, diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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(Reuters) – Belgian court of appeal on Thursday lowered the prison sentence for Vietnamese trafficking gang leader Vo Van Hong over the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Most of the Bank of Mexico’s board members consider its benchmark interest rate could be increased more moderately at the next monetary policy meeting, minutes of the central bank’s latest meeting showed on Thursday.
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By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Thursday it will select 11 organizations across the United States to administer $550 million in grants to disadvantaged communities for reducing legacy pollution and gaining access to clean energy.
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A far-right Israeli cabinet minister formally gained responsibilities over Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that he said included bringing their legal status closer to that of communities within Israel.
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(Reuters) – Humana Inc said on Thursday it will exit the employer group insurance business in a phased manner over the next 18 to 24 months and focus primarily on government-funded programs and specialty businesses.
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HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe’s president said on Thursday that the government was committed to a plan to clear more than $6 billion of external debt arrears which are hindering its access to badly needed international loans.
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PARIS (Reuters) – French news channel BFMTV said on Thursday it had fired a senior TV presenter and filed a criminal complaint after media reports one of its anchors had broadcast disinformation.
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By Nathan Gomes and Valerie Insinna (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Thursday it plans to stop production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in late 2025 after delivering the last of the fighter jets, as the aerospace giant shifts focus to winning the race for the
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Britons may face shortages of salad staples, including tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, for up to another month, the government said on Thursday.
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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank rose by $66 million to $3,258.5 million in the week ending Feb. 17, it said on Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Labor talks covering more than 22,000 workers at U.S. seaports stretching from California to Washington State are ongoing, the union and employer group said in a joint statement on Thursday.
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe’s telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead to requiring Alphabet’s Google, Apple, Meta Platform and Netflix to pay some network costs.
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(Reuters) – General Motors said on Thursday it will halt production at its Fort Wayne Assembly truck plant in Indiana for two weeks from March 27 as inventory starts to outweigh demand with the easing of supply-chain snags.
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By Rod Nickel MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – The owner of Nibulon, one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporters and growers, said on Thursday that expanding the Black Sea grain corridor to Mykolaiv ports made little sense until Ukraine regained control of a narrow strip of land occupied
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Huseyin Hayatsever ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – The head of Turkey’s main opposition party on Thursday sent a condolence letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country was also devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake, saying he felt the pain of the Syrian lives
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Flights to and from Amsterdam’s Schiphol will be limited to 460,000 in the year through September 2024, the airport said, calling it a temporary solution for the government-proposed cap of 440,000 to cut noise pollution and for environmental reasons.