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29th Mar 2024

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Police shoot man after 'terror-related' stabbings in London

British police shot dead a man on Friday after a series of stabbings in the London Bridge area, the Guardian reported. "We believe a number of people have been injured," police said. "I'm being kept updated on the incident at London Bridge and want to thank the police and all emergency services for their immediate response," prime minister Boris Johnson said in a statement.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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