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Hungary’s Orban faces crunch talks in anti-EU dispute

FILE PHOTO: Hungary PM Orban delivers annual state of the nation address
FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers his annual state of the nation speech in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2019. Banner reads "Hungary first!" REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

March 11, 2019

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban was due to hold crunch talks on Tuesday with the head of the European Parliament’s main conservative group which has threatened to expel his party over his anti-EU and anti-immigrant election campaigning.

It will be their first face-to-face meeting since Manfred Weber, a German conservative who leads the European People’s Party (EPP) grouping, last week demanded Orban’s nationalist Fidesz Party apologize for its rhetoric.

Orban and his party have so far not apologized or made two other concessions demanded by Weber – widening a political rift in the EU’s biggest political bloc in the build-up to European Parliament elections in May.

There was no immediate comment from either side. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose Christian Democrats are the biggest party in the EPP grouping, said Weber would reach a decision based on the outcome of the talks.

“People’s parties always have different political wings. But there are limits to the basis of values,” she told reporters.

Hungary’s government triggered the dispute with election billboards accusing European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Hungarian-born U.S. billionaire George Soros of plotting to destroy European civilization through immigration.

Weber, the EPP’s candidate to succeed Juncker, has cast the issue of Orban’s rhetoric as a question of fundamental values ahead of the vote.

Hungary benefits from its influence inside the group. But Orban, who cultivates his image at home as a maverick who defies Brussels, has said Fidesz might have to leave the EPP and seek an alternative alliance.

Orban warned last week that the EU might break up if one part of it forced other parts to accept pro-immigration policies.

“WAITING FOR A SIGNAL”

Weber has demanded an apology to EPP member parties, an immediate and permanent end to Orban’s anti-EU campaigns and renewed government support for the Soros-founded Central European University to stay in Budapest.

Paul Ziemiak, party secretary of Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said it was prepared for all options.

“Weber mentioned the points which are important for him – that Orban has to acknowledge the values of the EPP. We are waiting for a signal from Budapest, if they (Fidesz) share these values or not.”

Orban and Weber will meet in Budapest, Orban’s press chief Bertalan Havasi was quoted as saying by state news agency MTI on Monday.

Hungary has said the billboards will be replaced this week with others touting Orban’s plan to lift the birth rate, though the old ones were still in place in the capital on Monday.

The Central European University said in December it had been forced out of Hungary after a years-long struggle between Soros, who promotes liberal causes through his charities, and the nationalist, anti-immigrant government of Orban.

The university said on Monday its expulsion was still in place.

(Reporting by Gergely Szakacs and Marton Dunai in BUDAPEST; Additional reporting by Andreas Rinke in BERLIN; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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Elizabeth Warren pitches policies totaling $100 trillion at town hall: estimates

Elizabeth Warren promoted some of her signature proposals at a town hall event Monday night -- which, all told, could cost a combined $100 trillion, according to recent estimates.

Sen. Warren, D-Mass., discussed the policies -- the Green New Deal, universal child care and slavery reparations -- at a CNN town hall event in Jackson, Miss. The 2020 Democratic hopeful told the crowd that the Green New Deal represents a way forward for the country.

WARREN TALKS REPARATIONS, CHILD CARE, EARLY EDUCATION DURING NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGN STOP

“That’s how we build a future. And I’ll add one little piece to it and say when you take a look at the Green New Deal, understand this is about building the infrastructure for the 21st century, for a sustainable world,” Warren said.

“We do these things together because you can’t start a little business and at the same time try to build the road out front of your house. ... What’s happened in America is we have cut back on those infrastructure investments. Right now, we are spending about six-tenths of one percent on our infrastructure. China, by comparison, is spending about five percent of its GDP on infrastructure.”

ELIZABETH WARREN INSISTS HER CAREER WASN'T ADVANCED BECAUSE OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE CLAIM

The sweeping proposal put forward by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., could cost as much as $93 trillion, or approximately $600,000 per household, according to a January study co-authored by the former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The unprecedented plan doesn't come cheap, American Action Forum president Douglas Holtz-Eakin and his co-authors wrote in the study.

"The Green New Deal is clearly very expensive," the study concluded. "Its further expansion of the federal government’s role in some of the most basic decisions of daily life, however, would likely have a more lasting and damaging impact than its enormous price tag."

At the same time, "the breadth of its proposals makes it daunting to assess the GND (Green New Deal) using the standard tools of policy analysis," the study stated, noting that "many of the policies proposed in the GND are redundant with other aspects in it, which also complicates a precise analysis, as the interactions are difficult to predict."

GREEN NEW DEAL WOULD COST UP TO $93 TRILLION, OR $600G PER HOUSEHOLD, STUDY SAYS

During her town hall, Warren also voiced support for reparations and said she would back the creation of a panel “to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.”

"I believe it's time to start the national, full-blown conversation about reparations," Warren said on CNN, before adding: “ignoring the problem is not working.”

According to a study published by University of Connecticut researcher Thomas Craemer, the value of slave labor from 1776 to the end of the Civil War in 1865 ranged from range from $5.9 to $14.2 trillion in 2009 dollars.

Warren was asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper if she would support monetary compensation, to which she replied that she believes there are “a lot of ways” to structure potential reparations.

BERNIE AND BETO RESONATING STRONGLY WITH DEMS, WARREN NOT SO MUCH: RESEARCHER

Reparations would involve the federal government’s acknowledgment of the ongoing legacy of slavery and discrimination and providing payment to those affected. Policy experts say it could cost several trillion dollars.

Scholars estimate that black families earn just over $57 for every $100 earned by white families, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.

The final costly proposal backed by Warren on Tuesday night was her universal child care proposal, which would reportedly cost $700 billion over 10 years.

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Warren discussed the plan, as well as her early education proposal, and how it would be paid for on Monday night.

“We get a 2 percent tax on the 75,000 richest families in this country, we would have enough money to provide universal childcare, universal pre-k, universal pre-pre-k for every child in America and still have $2 trillion left over. Let’s make it happen.”

Fox News' Gregg Re contributed to this report.

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Canada’s Quebec to balance books, slash debt, protect head offices

FILE PHOTO: Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard speaks during a news conference following a meeting in Ottawa
FILE PHOTO: Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard speaks during a news conference following a meeting with provincial and territorial finance ministers in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

March 21, 2019

By Allison Lampert

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) – Quebec’s government said on Thursday it would balance its books in 2019-20 while cutting debt and announced a plan to invest C$1 billion ($747.7 million) to help keep corporate head offices in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province.

The center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government, elected for the first time in October with a legislative majority, forecast a net surplus of C$2.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for fiscal 2018-2019 ending March 31, after investing C$3.1 billion in a provincial debt-fighting fund.

The province had forecast a C$1.7 billion surplus in December.

The document came two days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government lavished new spending on middle-class voters in its budget, ahead of the October federal election.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard used his first budget to support the provincial economy ahead of weaker growth expected in coming years. He announced higher spending on social programs and incentives to increase participation in the labor force by retaining older workers.

Girard said Quebec would invest C$1 billion toward growing business and retaining head offices, saying precise details would be announced later.

He said the fund was not designed for Montreal-based construction firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc but “could be used” to help the company, which is at the center of a widening political scandal involving Trudeau’s government.

Trudeau denies allegations that senior officials last year pressured his then-justice minister to allow the company to avoid a corruption trial by paying a big fine instead.

SNC-Lavalin has said it might have to move – or cut – some of its Canadian workforce of 9,000 if the company is found guilty of bribing Libyan officials.

Girard also pledged to deliver four additional fiscal years of balanced budgets.

“We’re working on all these fronts to increase GDP per capita,” Girard told reporters.

The CAQ said 2019 growth would be 1.8 percent before slowing to 1.5 percent in 2020. Last November, Girard said rising interest rates and trade turbulence between the United States and China would weigh on growth.

Quebec added its net C$2.5 billion surplus to a provincial contingency fund used in the case of an economic downturn, while Girard announced investments to attract private investment.

Girard also said he wanted to cut Quebec’s net debt to 35 percent from 40 percent as a percentage of GDP by March 2024.

“Pay now, benefit later, this is what this budget is all about,” Laurentian Bank chief economist Sebastian Lavoie said in an interview.

(Reporting by Allison Lampert; Writing by David Ljunggren; Editing by Chris Reese and Peter Cooney)

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Russia denies recovering remains of Israeli spy Cohen

Russia's Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected Israeli media reports claiming that Russian officials have taken the remains of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen out of Syria, where he was executed more than five decades ago.

Cohen infiltrated the top echelons of Syria's leadership in the early 1960s and obtained top-secret intelligence before he was caught and publicly executed in 1965.

Israeli media reported earlier this week that a Russian delegation took Cohen's remains out of Syria.

The Russian Foreign Ministry put out a statement Wednesday "resolutely refuting" the claim, which it described as a "provocation." It urged the Israeli media to show a more "accurate, professional and honest approach to coverage of such sensitive issues."

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London backs plans for ‘Tulip’ tower to bloom over the city

FILE PHOTO: The City of London financial district is seen with office skyscrapers commonly known as 'Cheesegrater', 'Gherkin' and 'Walkie Talkie' seen in London, Britain
FILE PHOTO: The City of London financial district is seen with office skyscrapers commonly known as 'Cheesegrater', 'Gherkin' and 'Walkie Talkie' seen in London, Britain, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

April 2, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – Plans to build a glass viewing tower perched 1,000 feet above London on a slender tower shaped like a tulip have been approved by the local authority.

The building is expected to be western Europe’s second-tallest tower when it is complete, beaten only by the nearby “Shard” building.

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016 initially cast a pall over London’s property market but the plans to build the Tulip have been seen as vote of confidence in the city.

Planning authorities in the City of London’s finance district recommended the building – which gets its nickname because it has a thin stalk topped by a glass bulb – should be granted planning permission at a meeting on Tuesday.

The approval came despite criticism that the building, designed by Foster and Partners, would interrupt views of the Tower of London, and concerns from London City airport that it would interfere with radar coverage.

“After a lengthy and robust debate, the committee agreed to approve this truly unique visitor attraction,” said Planning Committee Chairman Chris Hayward.

Financed by the Brazilian billionaire Jacob Safra, the building comprises a glass viewing platform, rotating pods on the outside and an education center. Construction is likely to begin next year and finish in 2025.

For centuries, St. Paul’s cathedral, rebuilt by architect Sir Christopher Wren in the 17th century, was the tallest structure in London but the skyline now is changing fast.

There are more than 541 buildings of 20 storys or more in the pipeline in London, according to a survey earlier this year by New London Architecture, an independent organization.

Critics say the City is becoming increasingly cluttered by glass-and-metal towers with nicknames like the walkie-talkie or the cheesegrater that have little architectural interest and that dwarf historic landmarks.

Some projects have faced fierce opposition from residents and groups such as the Skyline Campaign, which is supported by architects, historians, engineers and others who feel London’s character and heritage is under threat from skyscrapers.

(Reporting By Andrew MacAskill; editing by Stephen Addison)

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California authorities say they found cocaine hidden in cereal boxes

California authorities on Friday said they uncovered a stash of cocaine hidden within multiple cereal boxes.

The drugs were found on Thursday afternoon after a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Merced officer pulled over a car on State Route 99 for a violation, the law enforcement agency said in a news release on Facebook.

NEW JERSEY DRUG BUSTS TURN UP POT-LACED KIDS’ CEREALS

After reaching the person inside, the officer spotted “several indicators of criminal activity,” police said.

Authorities ultimately found probable cause for a search, during which they found “three cereal boxes, each containing one kilogram of cocaine,” the news release said.

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“The average price of a kilogram of cocaine is $28,000. Broken down and sold per gram, each cereal box would be worth $40,000,” police said. “These might be the most expensive cereal boxes in the world.”

The driver taken into custody was booked into Merced County Sheriff’s Office Jail, the news release said.

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Hungarians start European news agency with pro-Orban content

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents the programme of his party for European Parliament elections in Budapest
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents the programme of his Fidesz party for European Parliament elections in Budapest, Hungary April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

April 9, 2019

By Marton Dunai

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A small group of Hungarian business leaders and politicians close to Prime Minister Viktor Orban have founded an international news agency in London that aims to cover news especially in central and eastern Europe.

Orban’s associates have gained control over a large chunk of Hungary’s media in recent years and his Fidesz party has taken total control of state media, provoking international accusations that they are weakening freedom of speech.

However, Orban has been unable to control international news coverage, which has been far more critical of him than local media. The new agency’s early content suggests it is more sympathetic to him.

The new company, called V4NA, was registered in London by Hungary’s ambassador to the UK, Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky, on Dec. 31, 2018, according to company filings.

Last month, Arpad Habony, Orban’s main spin doctor and eminence grise, acquired a 40 percent stake in V4NA via his London political advisory firm, Danube Business Consulting Ltd.

Subsequently, New Wave Media Group, owned by KESMA, a foundation that controls most of Hungary’s pro-government media, acquired a 57 percent stake from Szalay-Bobrovniczky.

Despite its huge role in the Hungarian media market, KESMA was exempted from regulatory scrutiny last year on grounds that it was a strategic national asset.

V4NA’s name reflects a focus on the Visegrad Four countries – Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. It plans to focus more on other centers in the run-up to European Parliament elections due in May.

“Our team of 50 journalists and rapid-response news teams are on location where the leading stories happen in Europe: London, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Belgrade, Bratislava, Warsaw,” the agency says on its web site, V4NA.com.

Most of the site’s content is behind a paywall, but the selection of front-page headlines resonates with the populism of Orban, one of the fiercest critics of immigration to Europe.

“Migrant kills wife after she converts to Christianity,” says one headline from Monday. A report about Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy’s League, anti-immigrant interior minister and ally of Orban, was headlined “Salvini: Citizens should control Europe”.

“Hungarian minister on EP elections: Hungarian votes also matter” and “Immigration is a war of cultures and civilizations” were headlines that borrowed directly from Orban’s rhetoric.

V4NA and KESMA did not immediately reply to Reuters’ questions. Habony could not be reached for comment.

(Reporting by Marton Dunai; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond looks on during an interview with Reuters at the British Ambassador's residence in Beijing
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond looks on during an interview with Reuters at the British Ambassador’s residence in Beijing, China April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

April 26, 2019

BEIJING (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday that he had a “very constructive meeting” with his counterpart in the opposition Labour Party before leaving for Beijing and that he was optimistic about finding common ground.

Hammond, speaking on the sidelines of a summit on China’s Belt and Road initiative in Beijing, said talks with Labour aimed at finding a way forward on Brexit had not stalled.

“I’m optimistic that we will find common ground,” he said. “Both sides have got clear positions and both sides will have to compromise in order to reach an agreement.”

Hammond added that he absolutely did not favor a no deal exit from the European Union.

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Police secure the area where the body of a woman was discovered near the village of Orounta
Police secure the area where the body of a woman was discovered near the village of Orounta, Cyprus, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Stefanos Kouratzis

April 26, 2019

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot police searched on Friday for more victims of a suspected serial killer, in a case which has shocked the Mediterranean island and exposed the authorities to charges of “criminal indifference” because the dead women were foreigners.

The main opposition party, the left-wing AKEL, called for the resignation of Cyprus’s justice minister and police chief.

Police were combing three different locations west of the capital Nicosia for victims of the suspected killer, a 35-year-old army officer who has been in detention for a week.

The bodies of three women, including two thought to be from the Philippines, have been recovered. Police sources said the suspect had indicated the location of the third body, found on Thursday, and had said the person was “either Indian or Nepali”.

Police said they were searching for a further four people, including two children, based on the suspect’s testimony.

“These women came here to earn a living, to help their families. They lived away from their families. And the earth swallowed them, nobody was interested,” AKEL lawmaker Irene Charalambides told Reuters.

“This killer will be judged by the court but the other big question is the criminal indifference shown by the others when the reports first surfaced. I believe, as does my party, that the justice minister and the police chief should resign. They are irrevocably exposed.”

Police have said they will investigate any perceived shortcomings in their handling of the case.

One person who did attempt to alert the authorities over the disappearances, a 70-year-old Cypriot citizen, said his motives were questioned by police.

The bodies of the two Filipino women reported missing in May and August 2018 were found in an abandoned mine shaft this month. Police discovered the body of the third woman at an army firing range about 14 km (9 miles) from the mine shaft.

Police are now searching for the six-year-old daughter of the first victim found, a Romanian mother who disappeared with her eight-year-old child in 2016, and a woman from the Phillipines who vanished in Dec. 2017.

The suspect has not been publicly named, in line with Cypriot legal practice.

A public vigil for the missing was planned later on Friday.

(Reporting By Michele Kambas; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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FILE PHOTO: An employee looks up at goods at the Miniclipper Logistics warehouse in Leighton Buzzard, Britain December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

April 26, 2019

LONDON, April 26 – British factories stockpiled raw materials and goods ahead of Brexit at the fastest pace since records began in the 1950s, and they were increasingly downbeat about their prospects, a survey showed on Friday.

The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) quarterly survey of the manufacturing industry showed expectations for export orders in the next three months fell to their lowest level since mid-2009, when Britain was reeling from the global financial crisis.

The record pace of stockpiling recorded by the CBI was mirrored by the closely-watched IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index published earlier this month.

(Reporting by Andy Bruce, editing by David Milliken)

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the opening ceremony for the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at the opening ceremony for the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo

April 26, 2019

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Fewer than half of Malaysians approve of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, an opinion poll showed on Friday, as concerns over rising costs and racial matters plague his administration nearly a year after taking office.

The survey, conducted in March by independent pollster Merdeka Center, showed that only 46 percent of voters surveyed were satisfied with Mahathir, a sharp drop from the 71 percent approval rating he received in August 2018.

Mahathir’s Pakatan Harapan coalition won a stunning election victory in May 2018, ending the previous government’s more than 60-year rule.

But his administration has since been criticized for failing to deliver on promised reforms and protecting the rights of majority ethnic Malay Muslims.

Of 1,204 survey respondents, 46 percent felt that the “country was headed in the wrong direction”, up from 24 percent in August 2018, the Merdeka Center said in a statement. Just 39 percent said they approved of the ruling government.

High living costs remained the top most concern among Malaysians, with just 40 percent satisfied with the government’s management of the economy, the survey showed.

It also showed mixed responses to Pakatan Harapan’s proposed reforms.

Some 69 percent opposed plans to abolish the death penalty, while respondents were sharply divided over proposals to lower the minimum voting age to 18, or to implement a sugar tax.

“In our opinion, the results appear to indicate a public that favors the status quo, and thus requires a robust and coordinated advocacy efforts in order to garner their acceptance of new measures,” Merdeka Center said.

The survey also found 23 percent of Malaysians were concerned over ethnic and religious matters.

Some groups representing Malays have expressed fear that affirmative-action policies favoring them in business, education and housing could be taken away and criticized the appointments of non-Muslims to key government posts.

Last November, the government reversed its pledge to ratify a UN convention against racial discrimination, after a backlash from Malay groups.

Earlier this month, Pakatan Harapan suffered its third successive loss in local elections since taking power, which has been seen as a further sign of waning public support.

Despite the decline, most Malaysians – 67 percent – agreed that Mahathir’s government should be given more time to fulfill its election promises, Merdeka Center said.

This included a majority of Malay voters who were largely more critical of the new administration, it added.

(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Staff

April 26, 2019

By Medha Singh and Agamoni Ghosh

(Reuters) – European shares slipped on Friday after losses in heavyweight banks and Glencore outweighed gains in healthcare and auto stocks, while investors remained on the sidelines ahead of U.S. economic data for the first quarter.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.1 percent by 0935 GMT, eyeing a modest loss at the end of a holiday-shortened week. Banks-heavy Italian and Spanish indices were laggards.

The banking index fell for a fourth day, at the end of a heavy earnings week for lenders.

Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland tumbled after posting lower first quarter profit, hurt by intensifying competition and Brexit uncertainty, while its investment bank also registered poor returns.

Weakness in investment banking also dented Deutsche Bank’s quarterly trading revenue and sent its shares lower a day after the German bank abandoned merger talks with smaller rival Commerzbank.

“The current interest rate environment makes it challenging for banks to make proper earnings because of their intermediary function,” said Teeuwe Mevissen, senior market economist eurozone, at Rabobank.

Since the start of April, all country indexes were on pace to rise between 1.8 percent and 3.4 percent, their fourth month of gains, while Germany was strongly outperforming with 6 percent growth.

“For now the current sentiment is very cautious as markets wait for the first estimates of the U.S. GDP growth which could see a surprise,” Mevissen said.

U.S. economic data for the first-quarter is due at 1230 GMT. Growth worries outside the United States resurfaced this week after South Korea’s economy unexpectedly contracted at the start of the year and weak German business sentiment data for April also disappointed.

Among the biggest drags on the benchmark index in Europe were the basic resources sector and the oil and gas sector, weighed down by Britain’s Glencore and France’s Total, respectively.

Glencore dropped after reports that U.S authorities were investigating whether the company and its subsidiaries violated certain provisions of the commodity exchange act.

Energy major Total said its net profit for the first three months of the year fell compared with a year ago due to volatile oil prices and debt costs.

Chip stocks in the region including Siltronic, Ams and STMicroelectronics lost more than 1 percent after Intel Corp reduced its full-year revenue forecast, adding to concerns that an industry-wide slowdown could persist until the end of 2019.

Meanwhile, healthcare, which is also seen as a defensive sector, was a bright spot. It was helped by French drugmaker Sanofi after it returned to growth with higher profits and revenues for the first-quarter.

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES led media stocks higher after it maintained its full-year outlook on the back of the company’s Networks division.

Automakers in the region rose 0.4 percent, led by Valeo’s 6 percent jump as the French parts maker said its performance would improve in the second half of the year.

Continental AG advanced after it backed its outlook for the year despite reporting a fall in first-quarter earnings.

Renault rose more than 3 percent as it clung to full-year targets and pursues merger talks with its Japanese partner Nissan.

(Reporting by Medha Singh and Agamoni Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Gareth Jones and Elaine Hardcastle)

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