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19th Mar 2024

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Merger of London and Berlin stock exchanges in doubt

A merger of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Boerse could collapse after the EU commission ordered LSE to sell a 60 percent stake of its trading platform MTS to meet antitrust concerns over the merger of Europe's two largest market operators. "Based on the commission's current position, LSE believes that the commission is unlikely to provide clearance for the merger," LSE said in a statement on Sunday.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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