BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany saw a jump in cases of crime attributed to the far right in 2024, driven largely by online offences and hate speech, a government spokesperson said on Monday. Up to Nov. 30, there were 33,963 registered cases of right-wing politically motivated crime, the spokesperson said, citing the most current data for …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday named a Catholic cardinal who has criticized Donald Trump’s political agenda as the new leader for the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., days before Trump is set to be inaugurated as U.S. president. Cardinal Robert McElroy, 70, has been the bishop of San Diego …
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(Reuters) – Iran said on Monday the detention of an Iranian national in Italy at the request of the U.S. amounted to hostage-taking. Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was detained in Milan last month. He is wanted by the United States on suspicion of involvement in a drone strike against U.S. forces in Jordan. Iran has …
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By Timothy Gardner and Nidhi Verma WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying Russian crude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to shore up …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Monday that he found it worrying that billionaire Elon Musk was involving himself in the political issues of countries outside of the United States. Musk, a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, last month endorsed a German anti-immigration party ahead of a parliamentary election …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from injuries sustained after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market last month, a spokesperson for the local public prosecutor’s office said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the attack to six. The attack on Dec. 20 in the central city …
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By Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said security guarantees for Kyiv to end Russia’s war would only be effective if the United States provides them, and that he hoped to meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump soon after his inauguration. In an interview with U.S. podcaster Lex Fridman published …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two Palestinians, including a 17-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Fatah party and the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian media said Israeli forces opened fire on the home of a 37-year-old man in a town south of Jenin. The Health Ministry said …
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(Reuters) – Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait following an oil spill in the Black Sea last month. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russia-installed governor of the city of …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel and Hamas wrangled on Sunday over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home, as Palestinian officials said intensified Israeli bombardments had killed more than 100 people over the weekend. A Hamas official said the group had approved a list …
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