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By Maha El Dahan and Ahmed Rasheed DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers on Sunday announced further cuts in their production amounting to around 1.16 million barrels per day in a surprise move that analysts said would cause an immediate rise in prices. The development comes a day before a virtual meeting of an OPEC+ ministerial panel, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, and which had […]

By Anne Kauranen and Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) held a narrow lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election, with 20.8% support from advance ballots, but the early tally is often skewed and the outcome remained a toss-up as counting continued. The Social Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sanna Marin was second with 20.7% support, followed by the nationalist Finns Party at 18.6%, with 40.1% […]

By Anne Kauranen and Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) held a narrow lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election, with 20.8% support from advance ballots, but the early tally is often skewed and the outcome remained a toss-up as counting continued. The Social Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sanna Marin was second with 20.7% support, followed by the nationalist Finns Party at 18.6%, with 40.1% […]

NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) – Joe Willock and Callum Wilson scored to give Newcastle United a well-earned 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday which lifted them into third place in the Premier League standings. Both teams have 50 points from 27 games but Newcastle have the better goal difference in the race to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League next season. Eddie Howe’s side dominated […]

NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) – Joe Willock and Callum Wilson scored to give Newcastle United a well-earned 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday which lifted them into third place in the Premier League standings. Both teams have 50 points from 27 games but Newcastle have the better goal difference in the race to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League next season. Eddie Howe’s side dominated […]

By Stoyan Nenov SOFIA (Reuters) – A pro-Western reformist bloc won most votes in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election on Sunday, according to exit polls, but it is expected to struggle to form a stable coalition government in the European Union’s poorest member state. The reformist bloc, comprising We Continue the Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), won around 25.3% of the vote, an exit poll by GALLUP International showed, just ahead […]

By Stoyan Nenov SOFIA (Reuters) – A pro-Western reformist bloc won most votes in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election on Sunday, according to exit polls, but it is expected to struggle to form a stable coalition government in the European Union’s poorest member state. The reformist bloc, comprising We Continue the Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), won around 25.3% of the vote, an exit poll by GALLUP International showed, just ahead […]

(Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken it was unacceptable for Washington to politicise the case of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained and accused of spying in Russia. * The U.S. State Department said Blinken called for the immediate release of Gershkovich during a telephone call with Lavrov. REPORTER’S ARREST * The Wall Street Journal […]

(Reuters) – The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 29 over the weekend, according to officials and media reports. In Memphis, Tennessee, two children and an adult were found dead on Saturday after the storm’s heavy winds knocked trees onto several houses, according to the Memphis Police Department. In Tennessee’s McNairy County, […]