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BP boosts buybacks as profit soars to highest in over decade
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - BP boosted its share buyback programme after net profit soared to its highest in more than a decade on strong oil and gas trading results, as the e...
May 03, 2022
Ukraine awaits arrival of evacuees from Mariupol steel plant where fighters holed up
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine hopes a column of evacuees from the ruins of a vast steel works in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol will reach the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia later on Tues...
May 03, 2022
No let off to oil prices as Russia barrels disappear from market - BP CEO
LONDON (Reuters) - BP does not expect any let off in oil prices in the near term as the volume of Russian oil impacted by Western sanctions was expectd to double, Chief Executive Officer Bernard Loone...
May 03, 2022
Slovakia says it will seek exemption from any EU embargo on Russian oil
(Reuters) - Slovakia will seek an exemption from any embargo of Russian oil agreed by the European Union in its next set of sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia's Economy Min...
May 03, 2022
EU plans to cut unneeded medical tests with data health plan
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to make health data easier to access for patients, medics, regulators and researchers in a bid to improve diagnoses, cut unnec...
May 03, 2022
Marketmind: Humble pie on central bankers' menu
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. First Sweden, now Australia. Two central banks that had said they saw no need for rate hikes until 2023 or 2024 have eaten humble pie in the space o...
May 03, 2022
Hungary will not support sanctions on Russian oil and gas shipments - minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will not support sanctions that would make Russian oil and gas shipments to Hungary impossible, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a statement on Tuesday. Speaking i...
May 03, 2022
Exclusive - Nigeria buys emergency Canadian potash to replace lost Russian supply
By Julia Payne LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria had to buy emergency supplies of Canadian potash in April after the country was unable to import the key fertilizer from Russia due to the impact of Western sa...
May 03, 2022
Total's German Leuna refinery to continue Russian crude imports in May - sources
(Reuters) - TotalEnergies' 240,000 barrels per day Leuna refinery in Germany is set to continue to import Russian crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline at least throughout May, according to two sources w...
May 03, 2022
Russian offensive devastates towns in eastern Ukraine, EU prepares oil sanctions
KYIV/LVIV (Reuters) - Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, and devastated several towns in eastern Ukraine, while the European Union prepared sanctions on Russian oil sales a...
May 03, 2022
