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Ukrainian president urges EU to toughen sanctions on Russia
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Europe on Friday to act more quickly and forcefully in imposing sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine, accusing western allies of politicking as Mosc...
Feb 25, 2022
National Bank of Canada beats quarterly profit expectations
TORONTO (Reuters) - National Bank of Canada beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as earnings rose 23% from a year earlier, driven by strength in its wealth management and financial...
Feb 25, 2022
Syrian president Assad backs Putin on Ukraine – Syrian presidency
(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and supported his position regarding Ukraine, the Syrian presidency said in a statement on Friday. "Durin...
Feb 25, 2022
College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay
KABUL (Reuters) - As students return to universities across Afghanistan this month, law student Waheeda Bayat will not be among them. The 24-year-old was looking forward to resuming her course at the ...
Feb 25, 2022
Yandex warns Russian users of unreliable information online after Moscow threatens media
By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian tech giant Yandex has started warning Russian users looking for news about Ukraine on its search engine of unreliable information on t...
Feb 25, 2022
Kremlin says sanctions will cause Moscow problems but they can be solved
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine would cause problems for Moscow, but not insurmountable ones, with Russia set to wide...
Feb 25, 2022
Factbox-Turkey’s ties to Russia, Ukraine limit its room to manoeuvre
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has developed strong economic and political relations with both Moscow and Kyiv in recent years, which leave Turkey facing a delicate balancing act in its...
Feb 25, 2022
Exclusive-India plans urea import deal with Iran using rupee payments-sources
By Nidhi Verma and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India plans to pay in rupees for its first long-term urea import deal with Iran to hedge itself from global supply disruptions, higher prices and f...
Feb 25, 2022
Wheat pulls back from 13-1/2 year peak as Ukraine conflict assessed
By Gus Trompiz and Enrico Dela Cruz PARIS/MANILA (Reuters) - Chicago wheat futures fell on Friday after earlier hitting their highest since mid-2008, as investors turned back to equities and traders a...
Feb 25, 2022
Cutting Russia off SWIFT technically difficult – German govt spokesperson
BERLIN (Reuters) - Suspending Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system would be technically difficult to arrange and would have a massive impact on transactions for Germany and German bu...
Feb 25, 2022
