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(Reuters) -The United Nations’ civil aviation agency is investigating reports of a “potential information security incident” following a claim that tens of thousands of its records had been stolen, the organization said on Monday. The Canada-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said in a brief statement posted on its website that the potential security breach …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial over accusations he used Libyan cash to fund his 2007 presidential campaign, one of several legal battles the politician who once bestrode the world stage has faced over the past decade. Sarkozy, who is still an influential behind-the-scenes player in French politics, faces charges of …

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(Reuters) -More than 51,000 households were left without gas and 1,500 apartment buildings had no winter heat in Moldova’s Moscow-backed separatist enclave, authorities said on Monday, as Moldova and Russia traded blame for an escalating energy crisis. Transdniestria, a mainly Russian-speaking breakaway region along the Ukrainian border, had received Russian gas via Ukraine for decades, …

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By John Irish, Gram Slattery and Max Hunder (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Ukraine envoy has postponed a fact-finding trip to Kyiv and other European capitals until after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, according to four sources with knowledge of the trip’s planning. Retired Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, who is set to serve as …

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By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) – Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from Maine to Texas. The International Longshoremen’s Association wants to eliminate past labor contract concessions on automation …

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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Ukraine needs to have a realistic position on territorial issues as part of efforts to bring about a negotiation with Russia. Speaking at an annual conference to French ambassadors to outline their strategy for the year, Macron’s comments were the first time …

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(Reuters) – A Russian drone attacked a civilian passenger bus in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring nine more, the Kherson regional governor said. The bus with shattered windows and pools of blood on its floor could be seen on a video from the site, shared by …

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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen tasked the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) on Monday with forming a coalition government after a centrist bid to assemble one without the FPO collapsed unexpectedly over the weekend. The announcement marks a dramatic reversal for the president, a former leader …

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