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Robin van Lonkhuijsen | AFP | Getty Images Police forces stand at the 24 Oktoberplace in Utrecht, on March 18, 2019 where a shooting took place. Dutch police said several people had been injured on Monday in a shooting that took place in a tram in the central city of …
Read More »US-Russia ties cannot improve amid economic sanctions
Simon Dawson | Bloomberg via Getty Images Oleg Deripaska, Russian billionaire and president of United Co. Rusal, gestures as he speaks on the Bloomberg Television debate panel during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the Expoforum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Russian tycoon Oleg …
Read More »Ford is cutting 5,000 jobs in Germany with more cuts coming for the UK
Oliver Berg | picture alliance | Getty Images North Rhine-Westphalia, Köln: An employee installs a door in a Ford Fiesta at the Ford plant. The US car manufacturer Ford wants to cut 5000 jobs in Germany. Ford is cutting 5,000 jobs in Germany and more in the U.K. as part …
Read More »Venezuela’s electricity crisis could disrupt oil markets
LUIS ROBAYO | AFP | Getty Images An anti-government demonstrator stands next to a national flag during an opposition protest blocking the Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas on May 27, 2017. A nationwide power failure in crisis-stricken Venezuela could trigger “serious disruption” to the oil market, the International Energy Agency …
Read More »Trump says US will stay out of Brexit but slams handling by UK’s May
Olivier Douliery-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House on March 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. The United States will stay out of Britain’s negotiations over its exit …
Read More »What happens next as May prepares for third meaningful vote
Reuters TV via REUTERS Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in Parliament, following the vote on Brexit in London, Britain, March 13, 2019, in this screen grab taken from video. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May hopes it will be a case of third time lucky next week, when the embattled …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal-scoring heroics sends Juventus shares soaring
Marco Rosi | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus acknowledges the fans as he celebrates after winning the Italian Supercup match between Juventus and AC Milan at King Abdullah Sports City on January 16, 2019 in Jeddah. “This was why Juventus brought me here,” remarked Portuguese …
Read More »UK cuts growth forecast for 2019: UK finance minister
OLI SCARFF | AFP | Getty Images Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond waits for Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May to give her keynote address on the fourth and final day of the Conservative Party Conference 2018 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 3, …
Read More »European MP Marietje Schaake on US-EU trade talks, China challenges
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (L) met in Washington in July 2018. Trust between the U.S. and the European Union is at an “all-time low,” a European lawmaker said Wednesday after both sides failed to find common ground …
Read More »After Italy, Malta says it’s looking at China’s Belt and Road plan
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Edward Scicluna, Malta’s finance minister. Another European country is weighing the possibility of joining China’s international infrastructure investment plan. Malta, a small country in the Mediterranean that’s part of the European Union, has indicated there’s a possibility that it could join China’s Belt and …
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