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VW managers to get 10% pay cut in plan to slash bonuses, German newspaper reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - A reduction in managers' bonuses at Volkswagen will lead to a 10% pay cut for the next two years, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Sunday, after the German carmaker st...
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Syria's de facto ruler reassures minorities, meets Lebanese Druze leader
(Reuters) - Syria's de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Sunday in another effort to reassure minorities they will be protected after Islamist rebels led the o...
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Zelenskiy says Ukraine's membership of NATO is 'achievable'
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's membership of NATO is "achievable", but Kyiv will have to fight to persuade allies to make it happen, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainian diplomats in a speech on S...
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Romanian president 'optimistic' about prospects for pro-European majority government
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's outgoing President Klaus Iohannis said on Sunday he was "optimistic" he would soon designate a prime minister from a pro-European governing majority after the ruling So...
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Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa - also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani - in Damascus on Sunday, Turkey's foreign ministry said...
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Ukraine says Russian forces executed five POWs
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces executed five Ukrainian prisoners of war, Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said on Sunday. Lubinets said on the Telegram messenge...
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Russia to start humanitarian supplies of electricity to breakaway Georgian region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region backed by Moscow, from Monday, Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying...
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Mozambique's death toll from Cyclone Chido rises to 94, AFP reports
(Reuters) - Mozambique's death toll from Cyclone Chido has risen to 94, news agency AFP said on Sunday, citing the country's disaster management agency. The cyclone had made landfall in northern Mozam...
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Spain's Christmas lottery spreads cash and seasonal joy to winners
MADRID (Reuters) - Players with winning tickets in Spain's huge Christmas lottery draw on Sunday celebrated with sparkling wine, cheers and hugs in a 200-year-old tradition that marks the beginning of...
Thomson Reuters 16h ago
Turkey says it believes Kurdish fighters will be forced out of all Syrian territory
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey believes Syria's new rulers, including the Syrian National Army (SNA) armed group which Ankara backs, will drive Kurdish YPG fighters from all territory they occupy in northe...
Thomson Reuters 18h ago