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Ukraine crisis emerges as talking point in U.S. gun debate
By Barbara Goldberg and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, gun rights advocates in the United States have sought to use the crisis to bolster their position on th...
Mar 01, 2022
Australia’s Core Lithium enters into supply deal with Tesla, shares jump
(Reuters) - Australia's Core Lithium Ltd on Wednesday entered into an agreement with Tesla Inc to supply the U.S. electric car maker with lithium spodumene, sending its shares up 13% in early trading....
Mar 01, 2022
Russian bonds trading volumes shrivel as sanctions bite
LONDON (Reuters) - Trading volumes in Russian bonds evaporated on Monday after Western nations stepped up sanctions in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, data from trading platform Marketaxess ...
Mar 01, 2022
Hollywood star Sean Penn joins Ukraine exodus to Poland on foot
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Days after visiting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to film scenes for his documentary on Russia's invasion, Hollywood actor-director Sean Penn found himself among thousands of ...
Mar 01, 2022
Yves Saint Laurent sends silky evening gowns down Eiffel Tower runway
PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent hosted an evening catwalk presentation at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday, showcasing a series of slender cocktail gowns from a catwalk overlook...
Mar 01, 2022
U.S.-traded Russian ETF tumbles 24% in deepening selloff
(Reuters) - The VanEck Russia ETF tumbled 24% on Tuesday as the Russia-Ukraine crisis deepened, fanning investor anxiety. The exchange-traded fund has declined about 60% in the past week as investors ...
Mar 01, 2022
Workers at Mexico border auto parts plant oust powerful union, eying ripple effect
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An overwhelming vote by workers at a northern Mexican factory to elect an independent union, defeating an entrenched labor group, could presage more such ...
Mar 01, 2022
ECB orders European arm of Russia’s Sberbank closed, Austria’s FMA says
VIENNA (Reuters) - The European arm of Sberbank, Russia's biggest lender, has been closed by order of the European Central Bank, which had warned it faced failure due to a run on deposits after Russia...
Mar 01, 2022
Tiny imploding Russia fund draws rush of options bets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Options on a small, soon-to-be defunct exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks drew a rush of trading on Tuesday, as investors placed bets on what the fu...
Mar 01, 2022
Biden: dictators who don’t pay a price cause ‘more chaos’ -speech excerpts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will say on Tuesday that the West was ready for Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and his administration is prepared with a plan to...
Mar 01, 2022
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