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(Reuters) - British luxury carmaker Aston Martin said on Monday it would raise annual pay by 4% for more than 2,500 employees and contractors across its UK manufacturing sites and offices for 2024 and 2025.

Manufacturing technicians at the London-listed company will also receive a 1.5% rise in 2025, alongside a one hour reduction in the working week, it said.

All eligible employees will also receive a one-off payment of 1,000 pounds... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) -A local Ukrainian official on Monday denied a claim by the

leader of Russia's Chechnya region that Russian forces led by a Chechen-based special forces unit had seized control of a border village in northeast Ukraine.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Sunday the Akhmat-Chechnya unit spearheaded Russian troops in taking control of Ryzhivka in Sumy region.

The "large-scale planned advance" inflicted "significant... (continue reading...)

By Sarah McFarlane, Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov

LONDON (Reuters) - BP employees must disclose any intimate relationships with colleagues or risk losing their jobs, the oil major told staff in a policy update, following the sacking of former CEO Bernard Looney for failing to do so.

The updated conflicts of interest policy, which was communicated to staff via email last week and seen by Reuters, highlights how Looney's sudden departure... (continue reading...)

BERN (Reuters) - Ninety states and organisations have so far registered to take part in a summit aiming to pave the way for peace in Ukraine that Switzerland will host from June 15-16, the Swiss government said on Monday.

Russia has not been invited to the summit due to be held in central Switzerland, but the government said in a statement that the gathering will aim to "jointly define a roadmap" on how to involve both it and Ukraine in a future peace... (continue reading...)

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO (Reuters) - A senior Hamas official urged the United States on Monday to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza, ahead of the planned visit on Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the region to push forward ceasefire efforts.

Blinken is set to visit Egypt and Israel on Monday. He also aims to ensure the war does not expand into Lebanon.

"We call upon the U.S. administration to put... (continue reading...)