FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 5.3% in May from a year earlier, statistics office data showed on Friday, as the nation's troubled property industry continues to struggle.
The drop is a setback after some improvements earlier this year.
(Reporting by Tom Sims, editing by Rachel More)
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is still negotiating the details of its recently-reached trade deal with the United States after the latter lowered tariff rates on the Southeast Asian country, and is pursuing exemptions for its exports of palm oil and nickel, an official said on Friday.
The two countries reached a trade deal that led to a reduction in the proposed tariff rate to 19% from 32%. The deal was one of only a handful reached so far by the Trump... (continue reading...)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union reached an agreement on an 18th sanctions package against Russia over its war in Ukraine, with a raft of measures aimed at dealing further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry.
Its latest sanctions package on Russia will lower the G7's price cap for crude oil to $47.6 per barrel, diplomats told Reuters.
"The EU just approved one of its strongest sanctions package against Russia to date," said the... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian troops have taken control of three villages in three different parts of the frontline running through Ukraine, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Official Ukrainian reports of activity along the 1,000-km (600-mile) front disputed part of the Russian account, particularly concerning a key village in the southeast.
Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports from either side.
The... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Consumer goods firm Reckitt said on Friday that it has agreed to sell its Essential Home business, maker of Air Wick fresheners, to private equity firm Advent International in a deal valued at $4.8 billion including debt.
Reckitt said it would retain a 30% stake in the unit.
Reuters exclusively reported last month that the two parties were in talks over a sale, with Reckitt likely to retain a minority stake in the unit, which... (continue reading...)
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