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Airports may be disrupted as union calls walkout in Germany

  Bloomberg Airport services and flights across Germany are likely to be affected on Monday after a union called for an all-day walkout over a pay dispute for security personnel. The Verdi union said it’s calling for protest action at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport by security staff working in passenger screening, and personnel and goods control. The walkout is part of nationwide ...

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US online grocery prices surge 7.6%

  Bloomberg Prices of groceries bought online soared by a record 7.6% last month in the US, according to data compiled by software company Adobe Inc. And that’s even before accounting for the delivery costs. Overall, Adobe’s digital price index rose 3.6% in February from a year earlier, the highest rate in data going back to 2014. Clothing jumped 16.7%, ...

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Russia hits Ukrainian military facility close to Polish border

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Bloomberg Russian missiles hit a military training facility in western Ukraine close to the Polish border that had been used regularly by Nato before the invasion. The strike, which comes after Russia warned that convoys of Western military supplies for Ukraine would be considered legitimate targets, raised new concerns about the conflict potentially spilling over Ukraine’s borders. Initial reports suggest ...

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