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Explainer-Russian banks face exclusion as allies deploy ‘financial nuclear weapon’
By Tommy Wilkes, John McCrank and Huw Jones LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and European Union ratcheted up sanctions against Moscow on Saturday as Russia continued its assault ...
Feb 26, 2022
U.S. senator says Republicans only deserve to govern if they adopt his agenda
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A prominent Senate Republican said on Saturday that his party would not deserve to govern after November's midterm elections unless it was willing to adopt his c...
Feb 26, 2022
Explainer-A SWIFT primer as West moves to freeze Russia out of international payments
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union, along with the United States and other Western partners, has announced further sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, including cutting o...
Feb 26, 2022
Nigeria to offer naira incentives to exporters to repatriate dollars
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will offer a naira incentive to exporters of semi-processed or finished goods made at home in a push to shore up the country's dollar supply, the central ...
Feb 26, 2022
Germany and Western allies agree cutting Russia out of SWIFT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and its Western allies agreed to cut Russia out of the SWIFT global payment system, a spokesperson for the German government said on Saturday, in a third sanctions package a...
Feb 26, 2022
EU announces new Russia sanctions with U.S. and others, including SWIFT
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that the EU, along with the United States and other Western partners, plans to impose further sanctions on Russ...
Feb 26, 2022
UK PM Johnson says pressure building to cut Russia off from SWIFT
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that the world should cut Russia off from the global SWIFT payments system and said more countries supported such a move. "What ...
Feb 26, 2022
Ukraine launches ‘IT army,’ takes aim at Russian cyberspace
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine will create an "IT army" to fight against Russia's digital intrusions, Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Saturday. Ukraine has called its hacker ...
Feb 26, 2022
Locked-out Texas refinery workers OK return-to-work pact – union official
BEAUMONT, Texas (Reuters) - Union workers approved on Saturday a return-to-work agreement that clears the way for Exxon Mobil Corp to end a 10-month lockout at a southeast Texas refinery, a union offi...
Feb 26, 2022
Want to attend Warren Buffett’s ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’? Get vaccinated
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett is this year bringing back the annual extravaganza for shareholders of his Berkshire Hathaway Inc that he calls "Woodstock for Capitalists." But the 91-y...
Feb 26, 2022
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