MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank said on Wednesday the active stage of economic recovery is over, expecting it to slow down.

It also said the risks of disinflationary pressure have diminished, and the rouble weakening in August may support more pronounced consumer prices increases in the second half of the year, while annual inflation was seen approaching 4%. (Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Chris Reese)

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Wednesday for an inquiry into the investigators who brought corruption charges against him, in a move that critics said was an attempt to distract from his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s Prime Minister spoke to British counterpart Boris Johnson by telephone on Wednesday evening to express concern about a threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty.

“Prime minister Micheal Martin

(Reuters) - The key mechanism used by Facebook to transfer data from the European Union to the United States “cannot in practice be used” for such transfers, according to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Facebook said on Wednesday.

The U.S. social media giant said in a blog post that it believed the mechanism,

BERLIN (Reuters) - German conservative Norbert Roettgen has openly declared his ambition to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor if he wins a contest for the leadership of their Christian Democrats (CDU), although he also suggested he could back Bavaria’s leader.

Roettgen, a foreign policy expert, is an outsider in the race to succeed Merkel,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings increased further in July, though more workers quit their jobs in the retail as well as professional and business services industries likely because of fears of exposure to COVID-19 and problems with childcare.

Despite the surge in vacancies reported