Italy could lose 20 billion euros in exports, 118,000 jobs with US tariffs, industry head says
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy risks losing 20 billion euros ($23.6 billion) in exports and 118,000 jobs next year if the U.S. imposes tariffs of 10% on all European products, the head of the main Italian business lobby said on Wednesday. "Italy does not just...
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Surge in Afghans driven from Iran in spy hunt after Israel attacks
KABUL (Reuters) -Afghan citizen Enayatullah Asghari watched dismayed after Israel and Iran launched strikes on each other last month, as the Gulf nation where he had sought refuge turned more hostile, work on Tehran building sites dried up and he was a...
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UK's Bytes Tech plunges 27% after profit warning
(Reuters) -Shares of UK's Bytes Technology plunged over 27% on Wednesday after the IT firm said its operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2026 would be marginally lower due to delayed customer payments and longer-than-expected readjustments fro...
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Baidu launches AI video generator, overhauls search features
(Corrects spelling of MuseSteamer in paragraph 4) BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Baidu on Wednesday launched an AI-driven video generator for businesses as well as a major upgrade to its search engine. The image-to-video model, called MuseSteamer, is capab...
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Belarusian leader Lukashenko pardons 16 people, including some convicted of extremism, Belta reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 people convicted of various crimes, including extremism, ahead of the country's independence day, the state-run outlet Belta reported on Wednesday. Those pardoned include eight...
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Germany, UK to sign mutual assistance defence pact, reports Politico
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany and Britain will sign a defence treaty which includes a mutual assistance clause in the event of a threat to either country on July 17, the Politico news outlet reported on Wednesday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and fo...
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Lithuania charges three with defacing anti-Soviet monument
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A Lithuanian prosecutor said on Wednesday he had charged three people with defacing a monument to an anti-Soviet resistance leader in January 2024, and that Russian intelligence was the main organiser behind the act. Prosecutor Ri...
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Factbox-What is the trust that will identify the Dalai Lama's successor?
By Krishna N. Das DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday his Gaden Phodrang Trust would have the sole authority to recognise his future reincarnation, rejecting any role for China in choosing who succeeds him as the spiritual he...
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UK prosecutors consider charges at hospitals where baby killer Lucy Letby worked
LONDON (Reuters) -British prosecutors said on Wednesday they were considering whether to bring further charges in relation to allegations around deaths at hospitals where Lucy Letby, the nurse already convicted of murdering seven babies, had worked. Le...
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Australia says it cancelled Kanye West's visa over 'Heil Hitler' song
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Kanye West, also known as Ye, has had his Australian visa cancelled after he released "Heil Hitler", a song promoting Nazism, the country's home affairs minister said on Wednesday. The U.S. rapper released the song that praised the Na...
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