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European markets started the day on a wobbly note, with investors wary ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting Thursday.

Loose cash laws in Germany have long attracted illegal dealings, and the problem is worsening.

The ECB president brushed off German criticism of his ultra-loose monetary policy Thursday and vowed to use all the tools at his disposal to boost growth.

Devices worth “hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars” were sold to various countries, a Chinese official told a state-run news outlet.

The Opera browser now allows users to hide their location using a built-in virtual private network with unlimited data usage.

European Central Bank officials, including President Mario Draghi, will focus on defending the central bank’s policy that has recently come under severe criticism in Germany.

The German automaker will also spend about $1 billion to compensate owners as part of the agreement reached ahead of the April 21 deadline, reports said.

NATO’s general-secretary noted “persistent disagreements­” at the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2014.

As the number of refugees traveling to Greece slows, Turkey threatens deal unless visa liberalization takes place.

Germany has voiced concern over the two Belgian nuclear plants several times as they are located near the German border.

U.S. officials largely blamed an overcapacity in China, amid slowing domestic demand in the Asian powerhouse, for the crisis facing the global steel industry.

Breakthroughs are not expected in the first Russia-NATO talks since the start of the Ukraine crisis following provocative Russian military maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.

Greece has been a major flashpoint of Europe’s migration crisis — with about 800,000 people having arrived in 2015 alone.

During their meeting Tuesday, John Kerry and Javad Zarif are likely to discuss concerns aired by Iran over the perceived lack of relief from international sanctions.

The stop is part of a scheduled U.S. diplomatic tour.

The breakdown of talks in Doha fueled investor fears that a production cut may not be agreed upon until the next meeting in June.

A Volkswagen spokesman said current promotions in Germany were around the same level as competitors'.

Ahead of next week's meeting between Western and Russian military leaders, the Kremlin is showing little appetite for improved relations.

Under the deal announced Thursday, tax authorities in the U.K., Spain, Italy, France and Germany will share data on owners of offshore companies.

The U.S. dollar consolidated its weekly gains, and investors awaited a meeting between oil-producing nations to be held in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.

NASA and the European Space Agency announced Thursday that the Cassini spacecraft had detected “faint but distinct” evidence of dust from beyond our solar system near Saturn.