| | | | | | | | Ukraine-Russia | Europe may need to impose tougher sanctions against Moscow following Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels and their crews at the weekend, an ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. | | Commentary: Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval ships "was another demonstration of Moscow’s ever-mounting appetite to use unorthodox, partially nonmilitary and sometimes nonlethal techniques to redraw the geopolitical map," writes Reuters global affairs columnist Peter Apps. "It’s a strategy Putin’s foes – particularly Ukraine, still locked in an endless ground war elsewhere along its border, but also the Western states of NATO – are struggling to counter." | | | World | Authorities in Myanmar have seized a boat carrying 93 people, apparently Rohingya Muslims, fleeing displacement camps in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State and hoping to reach Malaysia, an official said. Two Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 351 days. See the full coverage. | | Prime Minister Theresa May began a tour of the United Kingdom to drum up support for her Brexit divorce deal with the European Union, while her deputy said parliament might reject it if asked to vote on it now. Britain can unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the European Union, an urgent hearing of Europe’s top court was told in a case supporters of EU membership hope could pave the way to a second referendum and ultimately stop Brexit. | | | | | | | | | Business | General Motors said it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce because of a declining market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more investment to electric and autonomous vehicles. 9 min read | | Chinese steel producers ran up losses for the first time in three years this month as prices slid into a bear market on weak demand and near-record supply, ending years of solid profit margins. 6 Min Read | | Oil prices steadied, depressed by record Saudi production but supported by expectations that oil exporters would agree to cut output at an OPEC meeting next week.
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