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Apr

Comedian James Corden to leave his CBS late-night show next year

LOS ANGELES, April 28 (Reuters) - British comedian James Corden announced he will exit "The Late Late Show" on CBS television in 2023 after eight years as host to explore other opportunities.…

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29

Apr

Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia hoping for new era in ties

ANKARA/RIYADH (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday in the first high-level visit in years which he hopes will herald a new era of relations…

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29

Apr

Italy orders mask wearing for some indoor venues until mid-June

ROME (Reuters) - Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy on public transport and in some indoor venues until June 15, the health minister announced, as one of the country’s…

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29

Apr

Swedish PM rejects referendum on possible NATO membership

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s government does not plan to hold a referendum if its parliament decides to proceed with an application for NATO membership, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on…

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29

Apr

U.S. reports its first human case of H5 bird flu

April 29 (Reuters) - The first known human case of H5 bird flu in the United States has appeared in a person in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

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29

Apr

U.S. Congress revives World War Two-era “Lend-Lease” program for Ukraine

WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed legislation that will make it easier to export military equipment to Ukraine, reviving the "Lend-Lease Act" that helped defeat Hitler during World War…

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29

Apr

British Virgin Islands premier arrested in Miami

(Reuters) -The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in Miami for alleged money laundering and conspiracy to import cocaine, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) complaint…

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29

Apr

Russian rockets hit Kyiv as UN chief visits, but besieged Mariupol main target

KYIV, April 29 (Reuters) - Two Russian missiles struck Kyiv during a visit by the head of the United Nations, Ukrainian officials said, but the West believes the battles for the besieged…

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28

Apr

UK and EU at impasse over changes to N.Ireland protocol

Britain and the European Union are at an impasse over changes to parts of the Brexit deal governing trade with Northern Ireland, Britain's Europe minister James Cleverly told a parliamentary…

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28

Apr

Russian spy chief says U.S., Poland plotting division of Ukraine

Russia's foreign spy chief accused the United States and Poland on Thursday of plotting to gain a sphere of influence in Ukraine, the strongest signal from Moscow that the war could end with…

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28

Apr

Biden looks to Congress and oligarchs for more cash to help Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden will ask Congress on Thursday for new funds to support Ukraine's military as well as new legal tools to tighten sanctions and siphon assets from Russian oligarchs. Biden is…

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28

Apr

No plans to raise energy tariffs – Minister Dalli / Malta News Briefing – Thursday 28 April 2022

Updated 1740: Newsportal Review Times of Malta reports that Energy Minister Miriam Dalli on Thursday said the government does not plan to raise energy tariffs, despite mounting costs on Enemalta.…

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28

Apr

EU to suspend tariffs on Ukraine imports for one year, Kyiv grateful

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a one-year suspension of import duties on all Ukrainian goods not covered by an existing free trade deal to help the country's economy during the war…

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28

Apr

Finland and Sweden could join NATO quickly, Stoltenberg says

Finland and Sweden will be able to join NATO quickly should they decide to ask for membership in the Western military alliance, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (April…

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28

Apr

Unemployment: Jobless rate stable at 3% in March

The unemployment rate for March 2022 stood at 3.0 per cent, declining by 0.1 percentage points when compared with the previous month and by 0.8 percentage points from March 2021.…

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28

Apr

Biden to visit Asia next month to build united front on N.Korea, Russia

Visiting Asia next month for the first time since becoming U.S. president in 2021, Joe Biden will hold talks with allies in Japan and South Korea over China's growing influence in the…

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28

Apr

EBO, KPMG Cyprus Announce Strategic Partnership

EBO, a leader in customer engagement automation that empowers enterprises through AI technology enters into a strategic partnership with KPMG Cyprus, a leader in Management Consulting & Technology Advisory services…

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28

Apr

87.5% of Maltese Use Internet, 85% Access Social Networks At Least Once A Day

As the usage of internet nudges further upwards in Malta, reaching 87.5% according to data published by the National Statistics Office, usage of online social networks increases as well. Of…

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28

Apr

Germany would go into recession with Russian energy embargo – minister

The German government's reduced forecast for 2.2% growth this year does not assume a Russian energy embargo or blockade and the economy would tip into recession if either of those…

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28

Apr

Stop relying on Russia, Ukraine warns Europe after gas shutoff

Europe should stop depending on Russia for trade after Moscow halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for not paying in roubles, Ukraine said, as the shutoff exposed the continent's…

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28

Apr

Putin warns West of lightning retaliation for intervention in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of lightning-fast retaliation if countries interfere in Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden was set to comment on Thursday in support of Ukraine's fight against "Russia's brutal…

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27

Apr

Bank of Spain sees notable indirect impact on economy, banks from Ukraine conflict

MADRID, April 27 (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine and subsequent acceleration of inflation could have a significant indirect impact on the Spanish economy and banks, even though their direct exposure is…

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27

Apr

EU proposes to suspend all duties on imports from Ukraine

BRUSSELS, April 27 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a one-year suspension of import duties on all Ukrainian goods and a lifting all EU anti-dumping and safeguard measures on Ukrainian…

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27

Apr

Russia sees its oil output falling by up to 17% in 2022 -document

April 27 (Reuters) - Russia may see its oil production fall by as much as 17% in 2022, an economy ministry's document seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday, as the country struggles…

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27

Apr

China’s capital in race to detect COVID cases, avoid Shanghai’s distress

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, April 27 (Reuters) - Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the…

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27

Apr

Kellogg’s takes Britain to court over new sugar rules

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. food company Kellogg's  is taking the British government to court over new rules that would stop some of its breakfast cereals being displayed prominently in grocery stores…

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27

Apr

Factbox: Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

April 27 (Reuters) - Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of corruption, a source with knowledge…

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27

Apr

Scientists say key ingredients for life very likely to have arrived from space

A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States, Canada and Australia is bolstering the notion that such objects may have delivered to Earth early in its history…

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27

Apr

Russian attacks on key bridge may affect Ukraine’s grain export plans

KYIV, April 27 (Reuters) - Russia launched two missile strikes and damaged a strategic bridge in Ukraine's Odesa region, state railways and local officials said on Wednesday, an event that could affect…

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27

Apr

EXPLAINER-Russia wants countries to pay for gas in roubles. Will buyers comply?

HOUSTON/LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Russia's energy giant Gazprom has told Poland and Bulgaria it will halt gas supplies beginning Wednesday, escalating Moscow's row with Western countries who oppose its invasion of…

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27

Apr

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) - China has recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people is low, the health authority…

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27

Apr

Photo Story: Royal family celebrate King’s Day in The Netherlands

 (L-R) King Willem-Alexander toasts with an orange bitter, Princess Ariana, Princess Alexia during King's Day in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 27 April 2022. After two years during which King's Day had…

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27

Apr

The Ukrainian crisis roundup

April 27 (Reuters) - Russian energy giant Gazprom  said it had halted gas supplies to Bulgariaand Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles, the Kremlin's toughest response yet to sanctions imposed…

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27

Apr

U.N. expecting 8.3 million refugees from Ukraine this year

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is expecting some 8.3 million people to flee Ukraine this year, revising up its previous projection, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. More than 12.7 million…

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27

Apr

Swiss OK agreement on classified information exchange with NATO

BERLIN, April 27 (Reuters) - Switzerland's government approved on Wednesday an agreement that forms the basis for exchanging sensitive information with NATO, it said. Such agreements make it possible, among other things,…

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27

Apr

UK’s Conservatives investigating reports of lawmaker watching porn in parliament

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party is looking into reports that a lawmaker watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating…

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27

Apr

Ukraine conflict could have long-term impact on UK pensions-regulator

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - The longer-term impact of the Ukraine conflict on the funding positions of British pension schemes could be "significant", The Pensions Regulator said on Wednesday. British pension schemes…

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27

Apr

Russia says it swaps former U.S. Marine Reed for Russian prisoner held in U.S.

April 27 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had traded Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine held in a Russian jail, for Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving…

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27

Apr

Renault to offload its stake in Lada maker for one rouble, Russia says

April 27 (Reuters) - Renault RENA.PA will transfer its 68% stake in Russia's biggest carmaker Avtovaz to an auto research institute for one symbolic rouble, Russia said on Wednesday, the latest example of local…

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27

Apr

UN tourism body chief says Russia quitting the organisation

MADRID, April 27 (Reuters) - The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation said on Wednesday that Russia had decided to quit the international agency just as its member states were…

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27

Apr

CBM optimistic on growth prospects, wary of Ukraine war, Air Malta restructuring impact / Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 27 April 2022

Updated 1311 Central Bank optimistic on growth prospects, wary of Ukraine war, Air Malta restructuring impact: The Central Bank of Malta is projecting that the Maltese economy will regain lost…

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27

Apr

Russian forces pummel Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol steel plant

April 27 (Reuters) - Russian forces were on Wednesday pounding a huge steel works in Mariupol where the southern Ukrainian city's last defenders and some civilians are holed up, a local official…

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27

Apr

Limping Pope again appeals for peace in Ukraine

VATICAN CITY, April 27 (Reuters) - A badly limping Pope Francis again appealed for an end to the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, as he held his general audience a…

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27

Apr

UPDATED: EU brands Russian gas halt ‘blackmail’, working on response

The EU's chief executive on Wednesday branded as "blackmail" Russian giant Gazprom's move to halt supplies to some European customers, but said the bloc was working on a coordinated response…

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27

Apr

Moldovan breakaway region says shots fired from Ukraine towards village

April 27 (Reuters) - The Interior Ministry of Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway region of Transdniestria said on Wednesday that shots were fired from the territory of Ukraine overnight towards a village that houses…

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27

Apr

Russia says it hit U.S., European weapons in missile strike in Ukraine

April 27 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday its Kalibr missiles had struck an arms depot in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region housing weapons from the United States and European countries. The ministry --which said…

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27

Apr

Israeli missile strike kills soldiers near Damascus

April 27 (Reuters) - Four Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday, Syria's defence ministry said, in an Israeli missile attack on positions near Damascus that a war monitor said had…

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27

Apr

Russian parliament speaker says: cut off the gas to other ‘unfriendly’ countries

April 27 (Reuters) - Russia's top lawmaker on Wednesday said gas giant Gazprom  had made the right decision in fully suspending gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland and said Moscow should do…

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27

Apr

U.S. says it’s deeply concerned by Tunisia’s move to restructure the election authority

The United States is "deeply concerned" by the Tunisian president's decision to restructure the election authority in the country, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. Tunisia's president seized control of…

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27

Apr

Ukraine says Russian rockets flew over Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

Ukraine's state-run atomic energy company said Russian missiles flew at low altitude over Europe's largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, and reiterated warnings that Russia's invasion could…

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27

Apr

Eleven in Indian religious procession die after freak electrocution

MUMBAI, April 27 (Reuters) - A freak electrocution in southern India killed at least 11 people, including two children, when their vehicle snagged overhead transmission lines and burst into flame as they…

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27

Apr

Poland ready to help Germany import non-Russian oil

WARSAW, April 27 (Reuters) - Poland is ready to help Germany import non-Russian oil, its climate minister Anna Moskwa said on Wednesday, as its Western neighbour aims to find alternative to Russian…

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27

Apr

Factbox: What are Europe’s options in case of Russian gas disruption?

Russian energy giant Gazprom told Poland's PGNiG it will halt gas supplies along the Yamal pipeline from Wednesday morning, renewing supply concerns as Russia and the West remain at odds…

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27

Apr

Libya’s Parliament-backed PM says he discussed efforts to hold elections with U.S. officials

Libya’s Parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, discussed with U.S. senior officials efforts to hold timely and transparent elections and to ”establish economic and political security,” he said in a tweet…

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27

Apr

​ U.S. offers $10 million  reward for information on Russian intelligence officers -State Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on six people it described as Russian military intelligence officers who had conducted cyber attacks affecting…

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27

Apr

Britain says Ukraine controls majority of its airspace

April 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine retains control over the majority of its airspace, Britain's defence ministry said on Wednesday, adding that Russia has failed to effectively destroy the country's air force or…

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27

Apr

Blasts heard overnight in three Russian provinces along Ukraine border

April 27 (Reuters) - Series of blasts were heard in the early hours of Wednesday in three Russian provinces bordering Ukraine, authorities said, and an ammunition depot in the Belgorod province caught fire around…

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