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Cargo ship Namura Queen hit by rocket off Ukraine – local agent
LONDON (Reuters) - The cargo ship Namura Queen was hit by a rocket off the shore of Ukraine in the Black Sea on Friday, causing a fire on board, a local shipping agent said. "According to the informat...
Feb 25, 2022
S&P Global warns of rating downgrades after Russia’s Ukraine invasion
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause a spate of credit rating downgrades S&P Global said on Friday, warning the global economy, and Europe especially, now faced a starkly differ...
Feb 25, 2022
Judge allows Johnson & Johnson talc unit to remain in bankruptcy court
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary can remain in bankruptcy, preventing plaintiffs from pursuing 38,000 lawsuits against the company alleging its baby powder a...
Feb 25, 2022
Guards fire shots as Ukrainians try to cram onto evacuation trains
By Maria Tsvetkova KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian guards fired warning shots to prevent a stampede at Kyiv's central railway station on Friday as thousands of people tried to force their way onto evacuati...
Feb 25, 2022
Emirates may cancel Boeing 777X if delays extend beyond 2023 -report
(Reuters) - Dubai's Emirates could cancel an order for Boeing 777X passenger jets if the model's entry into service slips beyond the end of 2023, the airline's president was reported saying. "Honestly...
Feb 25, 2022
Russia says it is surprised by Lebanon’s condemnation of invasion
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Russia's embassy in Lebanon was surprised by the Lebanese foreign ministry statement that condemned the Russian military operations in Ukraine, it said in a statement on its Facebook...
Feb 25, 2022
Russian central bank increases daily limit on euro-rouble forex swaps to 3.5 billion euros
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian central bank increased the daily limit for its foreign exchange swap operations in euros to 3.5 billion euros from 2 billion euros, it said on Friday, further increasing...
Feb 25, 2022
Russia says sanctions will make borrowing more expensive -economy minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov on Friday said Russia was studying the long-term implications of new sanctions and admitted that the measures imposed would make borrowing more ex...
Feb 25, 2022
Five MSF aid workers kidnapped in northeastern Cameroon
DOUALA (Reuters) - Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were kidnapped overnight in Cameroon's Far North, a region where militant group Boko Haram operates, the aid group...
Feb 25, 2022
Russian cenbank says client funds in sanctioned banks are secure
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Clients' funds held by Russian banks that were hit with new Western sanctions are secure and are not affected by the sanctions, Deputy Central Bank Governor Vladimir Chistyukhin sai...
Feb 25, 2022
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