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18.02 / 10:29

UPS Allianz Allianz faces $4bn legal bill over fund losses

Allianz set aside more than $4bn for legal expenses stemming from losses its investment funds racked up during the March 2020 market panic when their options trades went bad.

18.02 / 10:19

Art Fire Fire breaks out on cruise ship carrying 288 people near Corfu

A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean’s Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew onboard, according to Greek port police.

18.02 / 09:13

Sport European Union Storm Eunice: Major incidents declared across England and Wales

All train services and most schools in Wales were suspended on Friday as Storm Eunice approached, with millions across the south-east of England also urged to stay home.

17.02 / 18:55

Binance regulation Middle east regulatory Binance stopped 'all activities focused on Israel' following regulatory request: Report

Major crypto exchange Binance has reportedly halted activities and marketing to Israelis following a request from one of the country’s financial regulators over licensing.

17.02 / 17:49

cryptocurrency European Union NATO NATO accuses Russia of trying to 'stage pretext' to invade Ukraine

Russia has been accused of trying to manufacture a fake reason to invade Ukraine.

17.02 / 17:13

cryptocurrency Africa Euronews Debates | The South Africa perspective: Can the EU & Africa reboot their relationship?

17.02 / 14:25

cryptocurrency Russia has issued 720,000 fast-track passports in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine

Ivan Malyuta, a resident of Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, applied for Russian citizenship this month and said he, his wife and three children will soon be getting Russian passports.

17.02 / 12:55

Digital Gap Strategy Bitcoin Preemptive Measures Needed to Regulate Crypto Market, FSB Says

Regulators need to prepare measures in advance to bring the crypto market to obey rules and regulations, as risks from the sector could grow quickly, a risk monitoring watchdog for the G20 economies said.

17.02 / 09:59

European Parliament Nazi Calls for Bulgarian MEP to be sanctioned after Nazi salute in EU parliament

A Bulgarian MEP could be sanctioned after making what appears to be the Nazi salute in the European Parliament on Wednesday.

17.02 / 08:45

Crisis in Ukraine end Germany and Austria eye end to most COVID rules in March

Germany's leaders on Wednesday announced plans to end most of the country's coronavirus restrictions by March 20, a decision that coincided with moves by neighbouring Austria and Switzerland to drop many of their curbs sooner.

16.02 / 23:51

Tourism Cannabis Crisis in Ukraine Italy's top court blocks referendum on legalising cannabis growing

Italy's constitutional court has blocked a referendum on making it legal to grow cannabis plants, arguing that it would have forced the country to violate international obligations on drug trafficking.

16.02 / 21:55

business Investments Europe Bitcoin International Fidelity International launches Bitcoin ETP on Deutsche Boerse

Major financial services firm Fidelity International will be listing a Bitcoin exchange-traded product on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange.

16.02 / 14:59

COST UPS Raising Rates in Europe Isn’t as Simple as It Sounds

Investors betting on a stronger U.S. dollar can relax: Even if the European Central Bank wanted to aggressively raise interest rates, it has made the job difficult.

16.02 / 14:13

Technology European Union NOT Watch: EU not 'missing in action' over Ukraine, Borrell tells MEPs

The EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has rejected claims that the bloc has been "missing in action" over the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

16.02 / 13:17

Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Abuse survivors demand inquiry into Italian Catholic Church

Advocates for victims of sex abuse by Italian clergy launched a campaign on Tuesday to demand a cover-up inquiry, lamenting that deference showed the Catholic Church hierarchy in Italy has conditioned everything from criminal prosecutions to media coverage of the problem.

16.02 / 01:43

European Union Russian invasion of Ukraine 'remains distinctly possible', Biden says

A Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains distinctly possible", Joe Biden said in a televised address, after the Kremlin announced that Russia's troops would begin withdrawing from the border.

15.02 / 15:33

Ukraine crisis: Germany's Scholz meets Putin in Moscow to address 'burning issues'

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz have begun their meeting in Moscow, shortly after Russia said its troops had begun withdrawing from the Ukrainian border in the first sign of de-escalation.

15.02 / 12:31

MPs Ukraine crisis: Russian MPs to vote on recognising separatist-held areas in east as independent

Russian lawmakers will on Tuesday vote on resolutions to demand President Vladimir Putin recognise two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.

15.02 / 09:07

Terrorism Three men on trial for deadly 2016 terror attack on French church

Three men are on trial in Paris for the 2016 murder of Father Jacques Hamel which was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.

14.02 / 23:11

Russia says talks still possible ahead of Scholz's trip to Moscow

Russian officials suggested on Monday that diplomacy remains an option in the current Ukraine crisis ahead of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip to Moscow.

14.02 / 14:25

love Germany's Scholz demands urgent 'signs of de-escalation' from Moscow

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded Moscow urgently show "signs of de-escalation" over the crisis at the Ukrainian border as he embarked on a two-day trip to Kyiv and Moscow.

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