By Dmitry Antonov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday for talks in the Kremlin that Moscow hopes will provide a diplomatic boost for the Russian leader at a key moment in the war with Ukraine.
Putin and Xi approached each other along a red carpet from opposite ends of one of the Kremlin's most opulent halls and shook hands in front of the cameras, then stood to attention for the playing of... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) -European shares climbed on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled progress toward a first trade deal in his global tariff dispute, boosting market sentiment.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.3%, as of 0707 GMT. Other regional indexes were also trading in positive territory, except for Spain, which fell 0.4%.
Trump posted on Truth Social that he will hold a news conference later in the day about a "major... (continue reading...)
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has discussed ways to pressure Russia into agreeing to a 30-day ceasefire with U.S., French, British and German senior officials, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's top aide said on Thursday, part of a flurry of diplomacy to try to end the war.
Andriy Yermak, Zelenskiy's chief of staff, did not say when the online talks with U.S. special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, France's top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne,... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) -The British pound was steady on Thursday after a report said that U.S. President Donald Trump was set to announce a trade deal between the U.S. and Britain, with the market's focus turning to an expected rate cut from the Bank of England later in the day.
Sterling initially climbed 0.5% against the dollar after the New York Times report on a possible trade deal before trimming gains to trade flat on the day at $1.3287 as of 0645 GMT.
... (continue reading...)(Reuters) -Spain's seasonally- and calendar-adjusted industrial output rose 1.0% in March from the same month a year earlier, official data from the country's national statistics institute (INE) showed on Thursday.
The year-on-year growth in March follows a 1.9% contraction in February.
(Reporting by Marta Serafinko in Gdansk, editing by Inti Landauro)
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