By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron will not name a prime minister from the left later on Friday, leftist party chiefs said after talks with the French president, with their indignant response suggesting his future government will be as fragile as those that preceded it. Macron summoned mainstream party chiefs to the Elysee on …

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By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -Ten major banks including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and UBS are jointly exploring issuing a stablecoin, the latest sign of traditional finance seeking to get to grips with the growth of digital assets. The group of lenders, which includes Citi, MUFG, Barclays, TD …

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By Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday after Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian energy facilities, cutting power and water to homes and halting a key metro link across the Dnipro river. In the latest mass attack targeting the energy system as winter …

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By Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) -Europe’s crypto rules do enough to address the risks around stablecoins, the European Commission said on Friday, signalling it does not see the need for major change after the European Central Bank called for more safeguards. Stablecoins – cryptocurrencies pegged to real-world currencies – are among the fastest-growing parts of the …

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By Sam Tabahriti and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -RedBird Capital Partners on Friday formally requested approval from the British government to proceed with its proposed acquisition of The Telegraph, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters and confirmed by the U.S.-based investment firm. If approved, RedBird would take sole control of the broadsheet under …

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