MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of the village of Andriivka, southwest of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian General Staff said later that its troops were repelling three Russian assaults in the area of Andriivka and Novyi.
Andriivka was liberated by Ukrainian troops last September during a counteroffensive that largely struggled to break through... (continue reading...)
By Jamie McGeever
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - If you want evidence of how much the 'soft landing' narrative is driving bullish investor sentiment, look no further than benchmark measures of implied volatility.
In equities, bonds, credit and currencies, 'vol' has not been this low in years, clearing the way for investors to push up asset prices to historic and, in the case of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, record highs.
The broad... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they had charged a 64-year-old man on Thursday with suspected offences under the National Security Act (NSA) following a counter-terrorism investigation, adding that the charge related to Russia.
Howard Michael Phillips from Harlow, a town to the north of the British capital, was arrested in central London earlier this month, police said in a statement.
He was charged with an offence contrary to... (continue reading...)
By Leigh Thomas
PARIS (Reuters) - For 65 years German electrical components maker Hager has straddled the Rhine with sites on either side, but lately the family-owned group has plumped for the French side to host its expansion plans.
Cuts to French business tax rates, help from local officials ready to go out of their way to identify sites for business expansion and even new wiggle room in notoriously rigid labour rules are making France... (continue reading...)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas said on Thursday it was holding an Israeli colonel captured on Oct. 7, who Israel had previously reported was killed in the attacks that day.
The Hamas armed wing Al Qassem Brigades said Colonel Asaf Hamami had been wounded during his capture. It supplied no proof, and did not specify whether he was still alive now. The Israeli military reported months ago that Hamami, 41, a brigade commander, had been killed in the Oct. 7... (continue reading...)
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