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War dividing Russian and Ukrainian brothers, billionaire Fridman says
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman has told his staff in a letter that the conflict in Ukraine is driving a wedge between the two eastern Slav peop...
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Europe moves to close its skies to Russian planes
(Reuters) - European nations and Canada moved on Sunday to shut their airspace to Russian aircraft, an unprecedented step aimed at pressuring President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine, t...
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Update: Victim of Bartonville crash identified
UPDATE 4:20 a.m. (2/28) — The Peoria County Coroner has identified a 15-year-old girl killed in car crash early Sunday morning as Mia Dusek of Bartonville. Just after midnight, Sheriff’s d...
Will Stevenson Feb 27, 2022
Oil could jump back above $100 as traders assess Russia SWIFT ban, analysts say
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) - A decision by Western allies on Saturday to block certain Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system is likely to lift oil prices well above $100 a barrel as risk...
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to vote against Apple management’s pay plan
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, will vote against ratification of tech giant Apple Inc's management remuneration plan, the fund's manager said on Su...
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Russian central bank eases caps on banks’ open foreign currency positions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Sunday it was temporarily easing restrictions on banks' open foreign currency positions after the West decided to block certain Russian banks' access t...
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Russia demands Google restore access to its media YouTube channels in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state communications regulator on Sunday said it had written to Alphabet Inc's Google and demanded that access to Russian media's YouTube channels be restored on Ukrainian ...
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Japan joins U.S., others in excluding Russia from SWIFT system
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will join the United States and other Western countries in blocking certain Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international payment system, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on...
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Ukraine’s government raises crypto worth $8 million in crowdfunding appeal
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's government has raised almost $8 million in cryptocurrencies after posting appeals on social media for donations of bitcoin and other digital tokens, accordin...
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U.S. Democrats stockpile lawyers, money to fight Republican voting laws
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are gearing up to spend record sums on lawyers, advertising and other protect-the-vote efforts before the 2022 midterm elections, hoping to stave o...
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