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MADRID (Reuters) - On the eve of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's dramatic announcement about his future, thousands of Socialist Party supporters rallied in Madrid on Sunday to ask him to stay on after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit.

Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a corruption investigation into his wife's... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will expand his trip to the Middle East and continue onto Jordan and Israel after visiting Saudi Arabia, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Sunday.

In a statement, Miller said Blinken will focus on the effort to secure a ceasefire in Gaza that will see the release of hostages and ensure humanitarian aid into the enclave continues or increases.

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Sunday that it would "carefully assess" options for a possible settlement in litigation over its takeover of Postbank that has required it to make provision for claims of up to 1.3 billion euros ($1.39 billion).

Germany's largest lender made the statement as part of a Q&A for investors posted on its website.

"We will continue our legal analysis and ... carefully assess our options for a... (continue reading...)

By Felix Light

TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built against a bill on "foreign agents" that the country's opposition and Western countries have said is authoritarian and Russian-inspired.

Georgia's parliament said it would hold the bill's second reading on Tuesday, with opposition parties and civil society groups calling for mass protests against its expected... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) -The billionaire owner of L'Occitane International is close to making a proposal to take the French skincare firm private as early as Monday in a deal that could value it at about $7 billion including debt, Bloomberg News reported.

Chairman Reinold Geiger's investment holding company, L'Occitane Groupe SA, is considering an offer for the Hong-Kong listed firm's shares he does not already own, at HK$33 to HK$34 per share, the report said, citing... (continue reading...)