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LONDON (Reuters) – France made up more ground on Britain in attracting overseas direct investment into financial services last year, according to research by accountancy firm EY published on Monday. Britain still retained top spot in the European ranki…

(This June 12 story refiles to clarify location in penultimate paragraph) By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – David Fong made his way from a poor village in central China to the southern boomtown of Shenzhen as a young man in 1997. Over the nex…

(Reuters) – Former Wales and British & Irish Lions flyhalf Phil Bennett has died aged 73, his former team Scarlets announced on Sunday, prompting an outpouring of grief for the one of the country’s most beloved heroes in the sport. Bennett guided Wales…

(Reuters) – England coach Eddie Jones on Sunday named a 36-member squad for next weekend’s non-cap match against Barbarians, with Danny Care making his return for the first time in nearly four years. With Leicester Tigers and Saracens set to play in th…

LONDON (Reuters) -A former British soldier has been killed fighting for Ukraine in the city of Sievierodonetsk, his family said on social media, and a senior Ukrainian official praised him as a “true hero”. Jordan Gatley left the British Army in March,…

KYIV (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a visit to Kyiv that the EU executive’s opinion on Ukraine’s request to join the European Union would be ready by the end of next week. In a jo…

By Mariano Valladolid and Marcelo Del Pozo SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – Fan-sellers were doing good business in the southern city of Seville on Saturday as Spain sizzled in the hottest pre-summer heatwave for at least 20 years. Carriage drivers dampened …

(Reuters) -Thousands of South Korean truckers were on strike for the seventh day on Monday, protesting over pay as fuel costs surge, disrupting production, slowing port operations and posing new risks to a strained global supply chain. South Korean ind…

(Reuters) -McDonald’s restaurants opened their doors in Moscow once again on Sunday under new Russian ownership and a new name, “Vkusno & tochka”, which translates as “Tasty and that’s it”. Here’s what we know: LOGO: The famous Golden Arches have been …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearms safety bill with enough Republica…