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WHO proposes budget cut after US exit, defends its work
By Jennifer RigbyLONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - World Health Organization member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by $400 million in light of President Trump's move to withdraw the United States, its biggest government funder, from the agency, a document released on Monday showed. Openi...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
If US and EU start trade war, China is 'laughing on the side', EU's Kallas says
BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - European Union Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday there were no winners in a trade war, and if United States and Europe started one "then the one laughing on the side is China". "We are very interlinked. We need America, and America needs us as we...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Answer to trade tariffs is replying with same measures, Luxembourg PM said
BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The answer to trade tariffs is to reply with the same measures, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden said on Monday, speaking at an informal EU defence retreat in Brussels."I think tariffs are always bad. Tariffs are bad for trade. Tariffs are bad for the United Stat...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
SoftBank, OpenAI unveil Japan AI joint venture
Adds comment from Altman in paragaph 8By Sam Nussey TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group 9984.T CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday said he has agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to set up a joint venture in Japan to offer artificial intelligence services to corporate customers.The joint venture, SB Op...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Kremlin says new elections in Ukraine are necessary
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that elections in Ukraine were necessary for legitimisation. The United States wants Ukraine to hold elections, potentially by the end of the year, especially if Kyiv can agree a truce with Russia in the coming months, President Donald Trump's...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Syria's president Sharaa to visit Turkey on Tuesday, Ankara says
ANKARA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Syria's newly appointed transitional president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, will visit Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Presidency said on Monday.Erdogan and al-Sharaa will discuss the latest developments in Syria, as well as pos...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
BRIEF-KKR Has Teamed Up With Real Estate Giant Hulic In Process Of Buying Shares In Intermediate Holding Company That Bundles Non-Core Businesses Such As Supermarkets Under Seven & I Holdings, Nikkei Says
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd 3382.T:KKR HAS TEAMED UP WITH REAL ESTATE GIANT HULIC IN PROCESS OF BUYING SHARES IN INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY THAT BUNDLES NON-CORE BUSINESSES SUCH AS SUPERMARKETS UNDER SEVEN & I HOLDINGS, NIKKEI SAYSSEVEN & I HOLDINGS PLANS TO DECIDE ON F...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Kremlin says contacts are 'apparently planned' with Trump administration
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Kremlin, asked on Monday about U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks that talks and meetings with Russia are scheduled, said that contacts were "apparently planned", and that Moscow had a planning process.Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Hungary's Orban says to receive German far-right AfD's Weidel for visit
BUDAPEST, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Hungary's Viktor Orban said on Monday that he would receive the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s candidate for chancellor, Alice Weidel, for a visit in Budapest ahead of a federal election in Germany this month."Berlin has always been a city of walls....Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Belgium government installed, led by nationalist PM De Wever
BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Belgium's new government was installed on Monday, almost eight months after an election won by the Flemish nationalist N-VA party.N-VA leader Bart De Wever was appointed as prime minister, marking the first time the federal Belgian government will be led by a Flemish ...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
U.S. futures sink as Trump tariffs roil global markets - what's moving markets
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures swoon following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision over the weekend to place fresh tariffs on some of America's closest trading partners. Canada, Mexico, and ChiInvesting.com
Mon, Feb 3
BRIEF-Danske Bank Completes Share Buy-Back Programme
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Danske Bank A/S DANSKE.CO:DANSKE BANK SHARE BUY-BACK PROGRAMME COMPLETEDUNDER PROGRAMME,27,189,496 OWN SHARES WERE REPURCHASED AT A TRANSACTION VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY DKK 5.5 BILLION DURING PERIOD UP TO TERMINATION OF PROGRAMMEREPURCHASED SHARES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED SUBJECT...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
India asks whether global tax deal can work after US withdrawal
By Nikunj Ohri and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - India is assessing whether a global corporate tax deal agreed between 140 nations can work following U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the landmark 2021 arrangement, a senior bureaucrat in the finance ministry said.Last m...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Pro-Russian Donetsk paramilitary seriously injured in Moscow blast, TASS says
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Armen Sarkisyan, a senior pro-Russian paramilitary from east Ukraine's Donetsk region, was seriously injured in a blast at a Moscow residential building on Monday, Russia's TASS news agency reported.Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Britain says it has a 'fair and balanced' trading relationship with U.S.
LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Britain has a "fair and balanced" trading relationship with the United States, a government spokesperson said on Monday, after President Donald Trump hinted tariffs could be "worked out" between the two countries. "The U.S. is an indispensable ally and...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
BRIEF-Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires W K Webster & Co Ltd
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG.N:ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO. ACQUIRES W K WEBSTER & CO LTDARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO.: TERMS OF TRANSACTION WERE NOT DISCLOSED.Source text: ID:nPn6XXP9KaFurther company coverage: AJG.NReuters
Mon, Feb 3
ECB's Villeroy says Trump tariffs will increase economic uncertainty
Adds more detail from paragraph 3 onwards PARIS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Trade tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump will increase economic uncertainty, French central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday. "Looking at the economic news, there are some rather positive el...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
Trump, asked on UK tariffs, says 'I think that one can be worked out'
LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that although Britain was "out of line" when it came to trade he thought it may be able to avoid tariffs, adding of the imbalance: "I think that one can be worked out".Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canad...Reuters
Mon, Feb 3
