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The trial for the Cantlay/Harper case, which was set to begin on Nov. 13, will now be dismissed, GSK said, adding it had also settled three remaining breast cancer cases in California related to the same drug. The latest settlements in California were related to cases due to go to trial in November, with a further set scheduled to begin in Delaware courts in January, GSK said. The company still faces about 79,000 cases related to Zantac in the United States, with 73,000 of them in Delaware. GSK did not admit any liability and said it would vigorously defend itself in any other Zantac cases. In June, GSK agreed to settle a similar lawsuit in California.

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☆ Crypto token ether could rise five-fold by end-2026, StanChart says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether, is seen in this illustration taken November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, may rise more than five-fold in value by the end of 2026, according to global bank Standard Chartered (STAN.L), its latest prediction of rocketing crypto prices. The price of crypto tokens are generally driven by the sentiment of investors. Ether has gained some 30% this year, though remains almost 70% below its all-time high of about $4,869, hit in Nov. 2021. StanChart said in July that top crypto token bitcoin could reach $50,000 this year and $120,000 by the end of 2024.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Geoff Kendrick, Kendrick, StanChart, Bitcoin, Tom Wilson, Elizabeth Howcroft, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Chartered, StanChart, FX Research, Reuters, Thomson Locations: West

The fund is called Gulf Asia Trade & Investment, the sources said. The Adani Group did not comment on the SEBI probe and its possible ties with the fund when contacted by Reuters. EZY had been incorporated in the British territory in 2006, while Gulf Asia was incorporated there in May 2011. In April 2014, Gulf Asia held $51.4 million worth of shares in Adani Enterprises and Adani Power (ADAN.NS). In March 2017, that had increased to $202 million in four group companies - Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, Adani Transmission and Adani Ports (APSE.NS), according to the OCCRP data.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Nasser Ali Shaban, OCCRP, Hindenburg, Ahli, Gautam Adani, EZY, SEBI, Jayshree, Krishn Kaushik, Sumeet Chatterjee, Edwina Gibbs, Louise Heavens Organizations: Securities and Exchange Board of India, REUTERS, Adani, Gulf Asia Trade & Investment, Dubai, Reuters, Securities and Exchange, India's, Hindenburg, Adani Enterprises, Al, Trade, United Arab, British Virgin Islands, Gulf, EZY Global, EZY, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, British Virgin, Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli, Gulf, Gulf Asia, United Arab Emirates, British, Asia

☆ Denmark, Netherlands, US spearhead creation of future Ukraine air force
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Netherlands' Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly during a media day illustrating how NATO Air Policing safeguards the Allies' airspace in the northern and northeastern region of the Alliance, July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCOPENHAGEN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Denmark, the Netherlands and the United States will spearhead a new international coalition to help Ukraine establish a future air force based on F-16 fighter jets, the Danish ministry of defence said on Wednesday. Denmark and the Netherlands were the first two countries to commit to donating F-16 jets to Ukraine, whose current air force has a fleet of ageing Soviet-era fighter jets, in its war with Russia. "This is a natural move following the leading role Denmark already has in relation to the military support for Ukraine and especially in relation to the donation of F-16 fighter jets," Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Johannes Gotfredsen-Birkebaek, editing by Andrew Heavens, William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: de, Troels Lund Poulsen, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Johannes Gotfredsen, Andrew Heavens, William Maclean Organizations: Air Force, Air, Alliance, REUTERS, Rights, Defence, TV2, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Netherlands, Rights COPENHAGEN, Denmark, United States, Ukraine, Danish, Russia

☆ UBS halts Middle East travel for staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Oct 11 (Reuters) - UBS (UBSG.S) has told its employees to stop business travel within the Middle East, in light of a deepening conflict between Israel and Hamas, a source told Reuters on Wednesday. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are postponing all business travel and events in the Middle East for the foreseeable future as we seek to ensure the safety and security of our clients and employees," a person familiar with the matter said. UBS has also postponed a wealth management event, scheduled to take place in Qatar later this month, as first reported by Bloomberg. Reporting by Noele Illien and Oliver Hirt; Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Denis Balibouse, Noele Illien, Oliver Hirt, Louise Heavens Organizations: Swiss, UBS, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Israel, Qatar

☆ Planisware shares priced at 16 euros in Euronext's biggest IPO in two years
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Euronext stock exchange is pictured at the La Defense business district in Paris, France, September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 11 (Reuters) - French software company Planisware has priced its shares at 16 euros ($16.97) each for its initial public offering announced last week, a bookrunner said on Wednesday, making it the largest IPO on Euronext Paris in the last two years. The IPO aims to "strengthen Planisware’s position across strategic markets by increasing its market visibility and brand awareness." The group previously said it aimed for a valuation of between 1.11 billion euros ($1.17 billion) and 1.25 billion euros, with a price bracket of 16 to 18 euros per share. The company's shares are due to begin trading on Oct. 16 on Euronext Paris.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Nathan Vifflin, Diana Mandià, Alison Williams, Louise Heavens Organizations: La Defense, REUTERS, Euronext Paris, Airbus, Philips, Ford, Pfizer, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Planisware

☆ Nitin Sawhney unites different voices in new album celebrating identity
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Musician, producer and composer Nitin Sawhney poses for a photo in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 11, 2023. Warner Music/Ray Burmiston/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Nitin Sawhney celebrates identity in his new album, bringing together different voices from singers Joss Stone and Guy Garvey to Asian women asylum seekers and television host Gary Lineker. "I thought ... here's a safe space that you could actually express whatever you want to and he did," Sawhney said. The result is track "Illegal", which also features the voices of Asian women asylum seekers and concludes with Lineker saying "No one is illegal". Sawhney, whose previous album was called "Immigrants", is known for playing different instruments and working in various genres.

Persons: Nitin Sawhney, Ray Burmiston, Joss Stone, Guy Garvey, Gary Lineker, Paul McCartney, Sting, Sawhney, it's, Lineker, Ayanna Witter, Johnson, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Warner Music, REUTERS Acquire, BBC, Premier League, Thomson Locations: Handout, British, Britain, Caribbean

☆ LIV Golf’s Battle for World Ranking Points Fails
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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The Balticconnector gas pipeline was shut early on Sunday on concerns that gas was leaking from a hole in the 77-km (48-mile) pipeline. Finnish operator Gasgrid said it could take months or more to repair. "It is likely that damage to both the gas pipeline and the communication cable is the result of outside activity. The damage to the gas pipeline was believed to have taken place in Finnish waters, while the telecoms cable breach was in Estonian waters, Finnish authorities said. Prices were already up on Tuesday due to fears over tensions in the Middle East but expectations that outside activity caused the pipeline damage pushed prices in the nervous market higher.

Persons: Jens Stoltenberg, Gasgrid, Sauli Niinisto, Petteri Orpo, Orpo, Elisa, Timo Kilpelainen, Terje Solsvik, Anne Kauranen, Anna Ringstrom, Andrius, Marta Frackowiak, Louise Rasmussen, Susanna Twidale, Julia Payne, Bart Meijer, Gwladys Fouche, Susan Fenton, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Finnish Border Guard, Companies Gas, PM, NATO, Reuters, Finnish, Amber Grid, Thomson Locations: of Finland, Estonian, Finland, Estonia, HELSINKI, Baltic, Finnish, Inkoo, Paldiski, St Petersburg, NORD, Russia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Lithuanian, Ukraine, United States, Latvian, Hamina, Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Andrius Sytas, Vilnius, Gdansk, Copenhagen, London, Brussels

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. "Daddy Was a Number Runner," published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesIn 2016 the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine launched the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize for "debut women/nonbinary writers of color." "Daddy Was a Number Runner" was a personal story. After returning to New York in the late 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and befriended Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, among others.

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☆ Sweden Halts Development Aid to Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sweden has temporarily halted development aid to Palestinian territories following a surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend, Development Minister Johan Forssell told a news conference on Tuesday. European Union foreign ministers are meeting on Tuesday to work out divisions among its 27 members over whether to continue aid payments to Palestinians a day after the European Commission backtracked on an announcement suspending all such aid. "We have a new situation after the 7th of October," Forssell told reporters. "Our decision today is that Sweden will ... pause development aid to Palestine until further notice." The government said it had also given the development agency SIDA the task of reviewing aid to Palestinians and to report by the start of December.

Persons: Johan Forssell, Forssell, Neighouring, Forsell, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Simon Johnson, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: European Union Locations: COPENHAGEN, Sweden, Israel, Palestine, Neighouring Denmark

☆ Analysis: War with Hamas threatens funding recovery in Israel's vital tech industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"This is not a particularly easy time to get investment," he added, noting the number of flights to Israel that have been cancelled. CONFIDENCE EARNEDThat said, Hasson and others expect Israel's tech sector to rebound in the same way it has in past conflicts with Palestinian and Hezbollah militants. Medved said that he believes that Israel will prevail as an tech investment destination. "Historically, every time Israel has gone to war, long term has been a buy side," he said. "That shift may even help push those investors who might have been reluctant (to invest in Israel)," he said.

Persons: Jon Medved, Israel, Maya Eisen Zafrir, Avi Hasson, Hasson, Medved, Arie Zilberstein, Gem's, Ariel Efergan, Hillel Fuld, Steven Scheer, Krystal Hu, Louise Heavens Organizations: Overseas, OurCrowd, Hamas, Silicon Valley Bank, IVC Research, Investment, Startup Nation, Israel, U.S, Insight Partners, Security, Startup, Thomson Locations: Israel's, Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Yom, Silicon, Palestinian, New York, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

☆ Spanish airline Air Europa hit by credit card system breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An Air Europa customer service booth is seen at Gran Canaria airport, in Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain, February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Spanish airline Air Europa has suffered a cyberattack on its online payment system that let some of its customers' credit card details exposed, the company said on Tuesday. The airline emailed customers whose credit card details were affected and notified the relevant financial institutions, it added. Air Europa reported that incident 41 days after it happened, whereas companies are required to do so within 72 hours. Madrid-based Air Europa is in the process of being taken over by British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (ICAG.L).

Persons: Borja Suarez, Corina Pons, Inti Landauro, Louise Heavens Organizations: Air Europa, Gran Canaria, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Reuters, Europa, British Airways, International Consolidated Airlines Group, Thomson Locations: Gran, Telde, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Madrid

☆ The L.A. Olympics Was Torn Between Baseball, Cricket and Football. It Wants to Add…All of Them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Metro Bank shares jump after deal to bolster finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Iain Withers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Signage is seen outside of a Metro Bank in London, Britain, May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Metro Bank shares up as much as 26%Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski to take majority controlMetro backers face 'very painful rescue' - analystLONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Shares in Metro Bank (MTRO.L) jumped in early trading on Monday, after the embattled British lender struck a fundraising deal overnight to bolster its balance sheet following urgent weekend talks in the wake of volatile trading. Metro Bank shares were up 26% at 56.9 pence by 0800 GMT. As part of the deal, Metro has agreed to a capital raise comprising 150 million pounds of new equity and a 175-million-pound issuance of bail-in debt known as "MREL". Metro shares remain around 97% down from when it first listed on the London stock exchange in 2016 at 20 pounds a share.

Persons: Hannah McKay, Jaime Gilinski, Gary Greenwood, John Cronin, Iain Withers, Louise Heavens, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Metro Bank, REUTERS, Metro, Shore Capital, Bank of England's Prudential, Authority, Lloyds, HSBC, Metro's, Spaldy Investments, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Metro Bank shares gain after deal to bolster finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Signage is seen outside of a Metro Bank in London, Britain, May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Shares in Metro Bank (MTRO.L) jumped in early trading on Monday, after the embattled British lender struck a fundraising deal overnight to bolster its balance sheet after urgent talks over the weekend following volatile trading. Metro announced a 325 million pound ($396 million) capital raise and 600 million pound debt refinancing on Sunday, in a deal that would hand majority shareholder control to its biggest investor, Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski. Metro Bank shares opened as much as 22% higher, and were last up 9% at 49.4 pence. ($1 = 0.8199 pounds)Reporting by Iain Withers; editing by Jason Neely and Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hannah McKay, Jaime Gilinski, Gary Greenwood, Iain Withers, Jason Neely, Louise Heavens Organizations: Metro Bank, REUTERS, Metro, Shore Capital, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Simone Biles Is Officially the Most Decorated Gymnast in History
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama public library mistakenly added a children's picture book to a list of potentially inappropriate titles because the author's last name is "Gay," the library's director said. “Read Me a Story, Stella,” a children’s picture book by Canadian author Marie-Louise Gay, was added to a list of books flagged for potential removal from the children’s section of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library because of “sexually explicit” content. The book was one of 233 books set to be reviewed and potentially moved. Political Cartoons View All 1205 ImagesThat process was halted following public backlash, the news outlet reported. It is about sending the message to children that certain ideas — or even certain people — are not worthy of discussion or acknowledgment or consideration,” Brassard told the news outlet.

Persons: “, Stella, ”, Marie, Louise Gay, Cindy Hewitt, AL.com, ” Hewitt, Kirsten Brassard, ” Brassard Organizations: Huntsville, Madison County Public, Groundwood Locations: HUNTSVILLE, Ala, An Alabama, Canadian, Madison

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON/SHANGHAI Oct 9 (Reuters) - China's largest vaccines company Zhifei (300122.SZ) will pay British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) 2.5 billion pounds ($3.05 billion pound) for the exclusive rights to distribute GSK's shingles vaccine in the world's No.2 pharmaceuticals market. The deal with Zhifei is part of its efforts to reach more 4 billion pounds ($4.88 billion) in sales by 2026, GSK said. Zhifei will purchase volumes of Shingrix with a value to GSK worth 2.5 billion pounds over an initial three-year period, GSK said. Zhifei shares were up as much as 20% to 58.40 yuan ($8.00) following the filing, their highest point since March 27. Shingrix is currently GSK's biggest product and strongest growth driver, taking in 1.71 billion pounds in first-half sales, up 20% from a year prior.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Zhifei, Shingrix, Maggie Fick, Andrew Silver, Eva Mathews, Savio D'Souza, Louise Heavens Organizations: GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, REUTERS, British, AstraZeneca, Zhifei, Barclays, Reuters, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, China, United States, London, Shanghai, Bengaluru

☆ Vitesco shares soar on 3.64 bln euro Schaeffler deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ozan Ergenay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Vitesco (VTSCn.DE) shares rose 19.8% on Monday morning on news that its largest shareholder Schaeffler AG (SHA_p.DE) will launch a tender offer valuing the powertrain supplier at 3.64 billion euros ($3.83 billion). EV components maker Schaeffler AG, controlled by Germany's billionaire Schaeffler family, already holds 49.9% of Vitesco, which has seen its shares rise 39% this year. Schaeffler shares were down 6.6% at 0713 GMT. Schaeffler said it would offer remaining shareholders 91 euros ($95.83) per share, a fifth above last week's closing price. Listed preference shares are to be converted into ordinary shares, and the remaining shareholders will be on an equal footing with the family holding ordinary shares.

Persons: Schaeffler, Vitesco, Ozan Ergenay, Christina Amann, Victoria Waldersee, Friederike Heine, Kim Coghill, Louise Heavens Organizations: Schaeffler AG, EV, Schaeffler, Thomson

☆ Denmark to re-start ammunition production at repurchased arms plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Soldiers from the Schleswig Infantry Regiment on drill at the Oksboel Shooting and Training Ground, Jutland, Denmark, March 16, 2023. "Ammunition production in Europe is under severe pressure, and we should also try to find solutions in Denmark to contribute where we can based on Danish needs," Lund Poulsen said in the statement. "It will take time before we are ready with production, but therefore it is also good that we are now getting started with the work," Lund Poulsen added. The plant had previously been owned by a private Spanish company and was in use until 2020. ($1 = 7.0433 Danish crowns)Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen; Editing by David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ritzau Scanpix, Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau, Troels Lund Poulsen, Lund Poulsen, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, David Holmes Organizations: Schleswig Infantry Regiment, Danish Army Command, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Jutland, Denmark, Rights COPENHAGEN, Ukraine, Europe, Elling, North Jutland, Spanish

☆ ‘Girl math’ was a fun social media joke. Then ‘boy math’ came along
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“You call it Girl Math, we call it the Labor Day sale,” a recent promotion from clothing brand Lane Bryant read. From this tangle of overly serious criticism and brand interference, the idea of “girl math” stretched far past its original intent. After all, if “girl math” exists, what is “boy math”? “I think the great equivalent to girl math for boy math is the fact that all of us dudes think we could land a plane,” a man in one popular TikTok posited. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is one of the big names to wade into the "girl math" trend.

Persons: influencer Imani Barbarin, It’s, it’s, “, commenter, ”, Lane Bryant, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Kevin Lamarque, Dane Cook, Kelsi Taylor, Kevin McCarthy, y’all, Mary Louise Adams, gamely, ” Adams, can’t Organizations: CNN, Labor, Democratic, New York Democratic Rep, Republican, Queens University Locations: Alexandria, Cortez of New York, Kingston , Ontario

Oil rigs are seen at Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas drilling, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina January 21, 2019. U.S. job growth rose by 336,000 in September according to Labor Department statistics, far exceeding economists' forecasts of a 170,000 rise. The sentiment of the statistics is mixed for oil prices. A strong U.S. dollar is typically negative for oil demand, making the commodity relatively more expensive for holders of other currencies. "Fear for the health of the global economy and thus oil demand going forward is at the heart of the sell-off," SEB analyst Bjarne Schieldrop said.

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☆ Snapchat's AI chatbot may pose privacy risk to children, says UK watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Sachin Ravikumar | Thomson Reuters | Sachin Ravikumar Is A Correspondent For Reuters In London Covering General News Across The Uk. Over Nine Years At Reuters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said if the U.S. company fails to adequately address the regulator's concerns, "My AI", launched in April, could be banned in the UK. "The provisional findings of our investigation suggest a worrying failure by Snap to adequately identify and assess the privacy risks to children and other users before launching 'My AI'", Information Commissioner John Edwards said. "My AI went through a robust legal and privacy review process before being made publicly available," a Snap spokesperson said. The ICO is investigating how "My AI" processes the personal data of Snapchat's roughly 21 million UK users, including children aged 13-17. Social media platforms, including Snapchat, require users to be 13 or over, but have had mixed success in keeping children off their platforms.

Persons: Lucas Jackson, John Edwards, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Snapchat, Farouq Suleiman, Sachin Ravikumar, William James, Sarah Young, Louise Heavens Organizations: Inc, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Commissioner's, ICO, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S

☆ Sweden pledges more military aid to Ukraine, considers fighter jets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson walks to pose for a family photo with other attendees during the informal EU ministerial meeting on defence in Toledo, Spain August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSTOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Sweden will send Ukraine a new military support package worth 2.2 billion crowns ($199 million) - consisting mainly of artillery ammunition - and is looking into sending fighter jets, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said. But he reiterated that Sweden would for domestic security reasons need to become member of NATO before it would be able to potentially spare any fighter jets. The new military aid package will be Sweden's 14th to Ukraine since Russia's invasion, taking the total value of the Nordic country's such aid to just over 22 billion crowns. "It is now important that more countries step up to support Ukraine."

Persons: Pal Jonson, Isabel Infantes, Jonson, Jas, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anna Ringstrom, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Essi Lehto, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Swedish, REUTERS, Rights, NATO, Thomson Locations: Toledo, Spain, Rights STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary, Granada, Russia, Europe, U.S, Copenhagen

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