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“I was unable to save them,” mourns fisherman after Italian migrant shipwreck
By Angelo Amante STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (Reuters) - It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling...
Mar 02, 2023
EU’s Vestager says scrutiny of competition in metaverse already needed
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The metaverse, shared virtual worlds accessible via the Internet, is the next digital market to attract regulatory scrutiny, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager ...
Mar 02, 2023
Italy Jan jobless rate edges up to 7.9%, with 35,000 jobs created
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.9% in January from an unrevised 7.8% the month before, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Thursday. A Reuters survey of analysts had...
Mar 02, 2023
Burkina’s film festival in full swing despite fighting on its doorstep
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - In Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, soldiers give directions to movie-goers and journalists attending the continent's premier film festival that is going ahead this year de...
Mar 02, 2023
Britain’s Nationwide curbs cryptocurrency purchases by customers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Nationwide Building Society has restricted customers' ability to buy cryptocurrencies, the lender said in an email to its members today. Nationwide said it will not allow ...
Mar 02, 2023
German foreign minister calls on Russia to return to new START at G20
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Baerbock on Thursday called on her Russian counterpart to return to the full implementation of the new START nuclear arms control treaty. "I ask you, Mr (Ser...
Mar 02, 2023
Italy hopes India as G20 president may facilitate peace in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday she hoped that India, as G20 president, may facilitate a path towards "just peace" in Ukraine. Speaking during a press confe...
Mar 02, 2023
Russian flag painted on base of Denmark’s “Little Mermaid” statue
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Russian flag was discovered painted onto the base of Denmark's "The Little Mermaid" statue on Thursday in what police said was a "case of vandalism" at Copenhagen's most famou...
Mar 02, 2023
German foreign minister meets Chinese counterpart ahead of G20
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met with her Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, ahead of the Group of 20 (G20) meeting in India, the German Foreign Ministry said on Twitter on...
Mar 02, 2023
Blinken says G20 meeting in India marred by Russia-Ukraine war
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Group of 20 (G20) meeting of foreign ministers in India has been marred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. "Unfortunately...
Mar 02, 2023
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