19 h. ago Meta reduces stock options for staff despite trading at record highs, FT reports

Meta Platforms has cut back on its yearly distribution of stock options by about 10 per cent for tens of thousands of employees despite the social media giant trading at record highs this month, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Employees receive equity refreshers every year that make up the majority of their remuneration, alongside […]

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25 h. ago Britons cheer up a bit, helped by Bank of England rate cut, survey shows

British consumers turned a little less pessimistic this month as the Bank of England’s latest interest rate cut led to an improvement in expectations for their household finances, according to a survey published on Friday. The monthly consumer confidence index published by market research firm GfK edged up in February to -20 from January’s -22 […]

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40 h. ago Monument to fallen Russian soldiers shows toll of three years of war

Carved onto slabs of black marble, the names of 11 young men from the Russian town of Semibratovo who died fighting in Ukraine are a stark reminder of a war that is now three years old. The frontline is far away, but the conflict has come home. Most of the local men who have died […]

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44 h. ago AEGEAN, Olympic Air flyers who fled Santorini in February to get free return

AEGEAN announces that passengers wishing to return to Santorini, who departed the island on AEGEAN or Olympic Air flights over February 1-7, 2025, due to extraordinary circumstances, are entitled to a free return ticket, which they can use within a six-month period. This offer applies to bookings and return flights completed by August 20, 2025, […]

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44 h. ago Trump, Putin meeting depends on progress toward ending Ukraine war

A possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “will largely depend on whether we can make any progress on ending the war in Ukraine,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. Rubio said he discussed such a meeting when he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Saudi […]

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46 h. ago Elon Musk wields the chainsaw as Trump slashes 6,000 IRS jobs

A tearful executive at the US Internal Revenue Service told staffers on Thursday that about 6,000 employees would be fired, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that would eliminate roughly 6% of the agency’s workforce in the middle of the busy tax-filing season. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s […]

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56 h. ago Trump FBI pick Patel confirmed amid Justice Department tumult

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation’s most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined […]

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56 h. ago Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia’s Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran. “Trump, I know him. I respect him and […]

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58 h. ago US Mideast envoy says Trump’s Gaza plan is about better prospects, not eviction

The United States’ envoy to the Middle East said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza was not about evicting Palestinians, and the conversation about Gaza’s future was being shifted towards how to create a better future for Palestinians. Trump proposed on February 4 the U.S. should take over Gaza, with Palestinians resettled […]

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63 h. ago Europe needs to ‘wake up’ following US policy shift, Greek PM says

Europe should wake up and build its own defence policy following a dramatic shift by the United States over Ukraine and geopolitical developments in recent months, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump upended U.S. policy on the Ukraine war this week, denouncing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a […]

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69 h. ago Cyprus President participates via video conference in Macron’s meeting on Ukraine

The meeting took place with the participation of a total of 20 heads of state and government, the second summit on Ukraine, following the initiative of the French President.

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3 d. ago UK inflation jumps more than expected in January, testing the BoE’s outlook

British inflation sped up by more than expected to hit a 10-month high of 3 per cent in January and is likely to rise further soon, testing the Bank of England’s confidence that price pressures will ease over the longer term. The BoE and economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to rise by less, […]

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3 d. ago Christodoulides attends Macron’s summit to discuss Ukraine and European security

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides is among the 20 world leaders participating in a critical summit to address the ongoing Ukrainian crisis. The virtual meeting, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, focuses on reinforcing European unity against Russia’s continued aggression. The summit, which includes prominent figures such as Romanian President Iohannis, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, […]

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3 d. ago Macron and Starmer head to Washington for Ukraine crisis talks

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Washington next week, amid other meetings aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Wednesday. Asked about the chances of reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Waltz told Fox News in an interview: “We’re engaging on all sides, […]

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3 d. ago Trump tells ‘dictator’ Zelenskiy to move fast for peace or lose his country

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better move fast to secure a peace or he would have no country left. Trump spoke hours after Zelenskiy hit back at his suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was […]

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3 d. ago DOGE rival at $0.20 builds momentum as Dogecoin flashes buy signal following 30% drop at the start of the month

Well-known players in the cryptocurrency domain, like Dogecoin (DOGE), have had the upper hand in this space for quite some time, but a new competitor, Rexas Finance (RXS), is moving swiftly and could take the spotlight at any moment. While Dogecoin is struggling, Rexas Finance is making strides and could see substantial growth by 2025. […]

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3 d. ago Ceremony Commemorates Cyprus Internment Camps As Crucial Chapter In Post

Ceremony Commemorates Cyprus Internment Camps As Crucial Chapter In Post-War Jewish History - Greek City Times  GreekCityTimes.com

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3 d. ago Το νέο τραγούδι του Drake θυμίζει Αργυρό – «Αναβρασμός» στο Tik Tok (Βίντεο)

Drake vs Κωνσταντίνος Αργυρός σημειώσατε 1! «Αναβρασμός» στο Tik Tok με το τραγούδι του «Drake» που θυμίζει το «Ηλιοβασίλεμα» του Αργυρού Το TikTok έχει πάρει φωτιά τις τελευταίες ώρες, καθώς χρήστες της πλατφόρμας εντόπισαν μια εντυπωσιακή ομοιότητα ανάμεσα στο νέο τραγούδι του Drake, «Meet Your Padre», και το «Ηλιοβασίλεμα» του Κωνσταντίνου Αργυρού. Συγκεκριμένα, η εισαγωγή […]

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3 d. ago Trump, Musk target tax enforcers, rocket scientists, bank regulators for job cuts, DOGE in full flow

President Donald Trump’s administration targeted bank regulators, rocket scientists and tax enforcers for dismissal, as a federal judge gave the green light for its unprecedented remaking of the US civil service, at least for now. With Trump’s blessing and praise, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has swept through federal agencies […]

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3 d. ago Trump says he may meet Putin later this month, blames Ukraine for war

US President Donald Trump said he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine’s concern about being left out of US-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war. “Probably,” Trump said as he ended a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach when asked if he still expected […]

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