Italy has refused to allow a ship carrying over 600 migrants to dock at any of its ports and said it was shutting its ports, demanding that the Mediterranean island of Malta accept the vessel instead. It refused, promoting a diplomatic rift with Italy and leaving the migrant vessel in limbo. Matteo Salvini, the leader […]
Read moreEuropean equities are set to open higher Monday as a historic meeting between the U.S. President and the North Korean leader takes place. The FTSE 100 is seen up by 16 points at 7,691; the DAX is expected to start up by 31 points at 12,784; and the CAC 40 is seen higher by 8 […]
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FOR a moment, the Group of Seven (G7) leaders attending their annual summit, in a mountain village in Quebec, looked like they had managed to paper over their differences with President Donald Trump and present a united front. They found just the right wording to secure American agreement on matters that never used to be […]
Read moreItaly’s government has no intention of leaving the euro and plans to focus on cutting debt levels, looking to boost growth through investment and structural reforms rather than deficit spending, the new economy minister said. In his first interview since taking office a week ago, Giovanni Tria told Corriere della Sera newspaper that he aimed […]
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Kremlin: Vienna being considered as venue for possible Putin-Trump summit
Vienna is one of the cities being considered as the venue for a possible summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Saturday. Putin said last month that the proposed summit between him and Trump was not working out for now and was beset […]
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France's Macron sees way forward on trade, Trump says working together
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday it was possible to make progress on trade issues that have split the United States and its allies after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Following an exchange of terse messages before the summit, the two leaders struck a conciliatory tone with Trump saying that the relationship was […]
Read moreEU antitrust regulators are set to approve U.S. cable company Comcast’s bid for European pay-TV company Sky without demanding concessions, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Comcast is battling Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox for Sky. The media mogul’s bid to buy all of Sky has been delayed by politicians and regulators […]
Read moreThe U.S. economy is heating up as the year progresses, with the second quarter pointing towards some of the gaudy growth that President Donald Trump predicted when he was running for president. In its most recent forecast, the Atlanta Fed said the three-month period is tracking at a 4.6 percent gain, exactly double the 2017 […]
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Start-up tests virtual reality as drugless alternative for pain relief
The very thought of visiting a hospital emergency department is stressful enough for many people, even without the discomfort or pain of an examination or treatment. Enter an immersive virtual-reality program created by three graduates being used in France to relax patients and even increase their tolerance of pain — without resorting to drugs. “What […]
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Russian sanctions are helping to prevent another Crimea, NATO's Stoltenberg says
NATO has defended the use of economic sanctions against Russia, suggesting they could prevent Moscow from invading other countries. After annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that has not been recognized internationally, Russia said it would not return the region. In response, the United States and European Union have imposed economic sanctions on […]
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