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Refugees flee across EU borders as Ukrainian fighting intensifies
By Pawel Florkiewicz and Anita Komuves MEDYKA, Poland/BEREGSURANY, Hungary (Reuters) - Refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine continued to pour across its western borders on Saturday, with arou...
Feb 26, 2022
Don't go back on quicker taper plans, ECB policymakers say
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers remain open to accelerating their exit from bond buys even as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty, and...
Feb 26, 2022
Italy to support EU line on Russia sanctions, including on SWIFT - PM's office
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy will support any European Union line on sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including measures on the SWIFT global payment system, Prime Minis...
Feb 26, 2022
IMF assures it will support Ukraine -Ukraine's finance ministry
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has assured Ukraine of its support by all possible means, Ukraine's finance ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a Twitter post that talks on ins...
Feb 26, 2022
France's Macron reiterates support to Georgia, Moldova
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has told the presidents of Georgia and Moldova, neighbours of Ukraine in Europe's east, that France would support them "against any tension or destab...
Feb 26, 2022
Kenya's ruling party backs opposition leader Odinga for presidency
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's ruling Jubilee party endorsed veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga in a presidential election scheduled for August, in a pointed rejection of Deputy Pres...
Feb 26, 2022
Russia seeks explanation from France over seized ship -RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian embassy in France is seeking explanations from the French authorities over the seizure of a Russian cargo ship in the English channel, Russia's RIA news agency quoted th...
Feb 26, 2022
At least 13 tourists found dead after boat capsizes off central Vietnam - official
HANOI (Reuters) - At least 13 tourists were found dead and four remained missing after a boat capsized off Vietnam's central coast of Hoi An on Saturday, a city official said. "We are searching for th...
Feb 26, 2022
Estonia will close its airspace to Russian airlines, minister tells broadcaster ERR
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonia will ban Russian airlines from using the Baltic nation's airspace, Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas told public broadcaster ERR on Saturd...
Feb 26, 2022
France in favour of cutting off Russia from SWIFT - Ukrainian minister
(Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had supported cutting off Russia from the global SWIFT payment system in a phone conver...
Feb 26, 2022
