(Reuters) – HSBC is set to announce next month that the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank will be renamed HSBC Innovation Banking, Sky News reported on Monday. The British government and the Bank of England facilitated a private sale of SVB UK to HSBC in March, in a move which would protect deposits without …
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By Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – European shares edged lower in light trade on Monday, on losses in technology and bank stocks, while investors assessed the tentative deal reached by U.S. lawmakers to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avert a default. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.1% lower, after logging its …
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By Tim Hepher and Valerie Insinna PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is close to placing an order worth around $2 billion for Boeing 777-8F freighters as the Hong Kong carrier embarks on the partial renewal of a fleet of dedicated 747 cargo jets, industry sources said on Monday. The selection follows a hard-fought battle …
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By Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro and David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez unexpectedly called a snap national election on Monday and his main rival spelled out the aim of becoming the country’s next leader, after left-wing parties were routed in a regional ballot. Sanchez, who had repeatedly said he wanted …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia warned the West on Monday that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported from the Black Sea would cease unless a United Nations agreement aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports was fulfilled. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea deal for …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday said U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham should say publicly if he believes his words were taken out of context by a Ukrainian state video edit of his comments about the war that provoked widespread condemnation in Moscow. In an edited video released by the Ukrainian president’s office of …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has imposed sanctions on a further 365 Belarusian citizens over the imprisonment of a journalist of Polish origin in Belarus, the interior ministry said on Monday, amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Minsk. Poland has been an important refuge for opponents of authoritarian Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, and Warsaw has also …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian journalist went of trial behind closed doors on Monday on charges linked to her coverage of the funeral of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody last year triggered months of unrest, her lawyer told ILNA news agency. The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in custody of the morality …
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By Valentyn Ogirenko and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) – Russia put five aircraft out of action in an attack on a military target in western Ukraine and caused a fire at the Black Sea port of Odesa in heavy air strikes early on Monday, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv came under intense attack for the second …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Explosions rang out across Kyiv on Monday as Russia launched its 16th air attack on the Ukrainian capital this month, hours after unleashing dozens of missiles and drones overnight. Panicked residents, some of whom initially ignored the air raid siren as they ate breakfast in cafes, …
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