BERLIN (Reuters) – Messenger service Telegram, which has proved popular with far-right groups and people opposed to COVID-related restrictions, has blocked 64 of its channels in Germany, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday, without giving a source …
Exclusive-Myanmar firm poised to control Telenor unit after military backs bid-sources
By Poppy McPherson and Fanny Potkin (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has given the go-ahead for a local company to own most of Norwegian telco Telenor’s operations in the country, under a deal to be finalised shortly, communications seen by Reuters show….
UK’s Johnson tells allies he fears for security of Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told allies on Friday evening that he feared for the security of Europe due to the situation in Ukraine, his office said. He held a virtual meeting with the leaders of the United States, Italy, Po…
Dyson faces claims from former workers at Malaysian supplier
By A. Ananthalakshmi KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Ten former workers from Dyson’s biggest parts supplier, Malaysian firm ATA IMS, are claiming compensation from the home appliance maker over poor working and living conditions at ATA factories, a law firm r…
Ukraine slaps sanctions on TV channel tied to Russian coup plot claim
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s security and defence council on Friday imposed sanctions on the television channel linked to Yevhen Murayev, the politician named by Britain as the possible leader of a Kremlin puppet gove…
Twitter back online after software glitch disrupts services
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc said on Friday it had fixed a software glitch in its micro-blogging website that had disrupted services for several thousands of its users. “We’ve fixed a technical bug that was preventing timelines from loading and Tweets from p…
Exxon Mobil expands oil futures, products trading in Europe
By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil is injecting new cash into oil trading in Europe after a retreat on its ambitious expansion plans last year, three people with knowledge of the matter said. Exxon slashed funding for its trading division in…
Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir
By Guillermo Martinez CONCELLO DE LOBIOS, Spain (Reuters) -A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins. With the reservoir at 15% of its …
Finland seals deal for U.S. F-35 stealth jets, reflecting tight ties to NATO
By Anne Kauranen, Essi Lehto and Mike Stone HELSINKI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Finland has sealed a deal to buy dozens of F-35 stealth warplanes from the United States, in a sign of its military’s close ties with NATO at a time of high tension between the…
Belgium to reopen nightclubs, ease mask mandate as infections sink
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium announced further easing of coronavirus restrictions on Friday to allow nightclubs to reopen and drop the requirement for primary school pupils to wear masks, as cases of the Omicron variant fell from an end-of-January peak…