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By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Opel will continue its role as the electric vehicle pioneer for Stellantis despite the sudden departure of CEO Carlos Tavares, the German brand’s CEO told Reuters on Thursday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest automaker, has been plunged into uncertainty this week with the abrupt resignation of Tavares …

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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israel angrily denied. The London-based human rights group said it reached the conclusion after months of analysing incidents and statements of Israeli …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu, Philip Blenkinsop and Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen landed in Uruguay on Thursday seeking to finalize a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc, even as France slammed the agreement as “unacceptable”. Von der Leyen arrived hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s …

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(Reuters) -Volkswagen workers will go on extended strikes on Monday, stepping up a bitter dispute with management over layoffs and what would be the first factory closures on German soil for Europe’s largest carmaker, a union statement said on Thursday. The IG Metall union said workers would down tools for four hours at nine different …

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By Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nornickel’s largest shareholder Interros said on Thursday it had filed an objection to a London lawsuit brought by fellow shareholder Rusal, alleging that Rusal is attempting to maximise dividends even if doing so is not in Nornickel’s best interests. The long-running dispute between Nornickel Chief Executive Vladimir Potanin, who …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli military killed at least 39 Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, medics said on Thursday, including at least 20 in an attack that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a crowded camp. Residents carried a body wrapped in carpets out of …

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