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Portugal wants more power over TAP

Bloomberg The Portuguese government wants more control over the stricken airline TAP SGPS SA in exchange for a rescue loan of as much as 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion), Expresso reported. The government, which already controls 50% of TAP, is in talks with private shareholders about the loan and should get a response early next week, the weekly newspaper said, ...

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Johnson returns to Brexit with aim of firing up faltering talks

Bloomberg British PM Boris Johnson was expected to step back into the Brexit fray on Monday as he held talks with the European Union’s top officials, with both sides looking to reset negotiations that have drifted into stalemate. In Johnson’s first direct intervention in the discussions since the UK left the bloc at the end of January, each side is ...

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Russia sentences former US marine to 16 years for spying

Bloomberg A Moscow court found former US Marine Paul Whelan guilty of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison Monday, according to a statement from his family. Prosecutors had asked for 18 years for Whelan, who says that he is innocent and that he was set up by a Russian Federal Security Service major who owed him 100,000 ...

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