(Reuters) – The U.S. Surgeon General called on Friday for alcoholic drinks to carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks. Here are some guidelines and recommendations by governments on alcohol consumption: BRITAIN National Health Service guidelines recommend consuming no more than 14 units of alcohol per week. The service, which is publicly funded, …
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By Marek Strzelecki, Lili Bayer and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland launched its presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday mired in a diplomatic row with Hungary that underscored a deepening sense of political disunity across Europe just as it confronts a raft of major global challenges. Saddled with a sluggish …
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By Marek Strzelecki, Lili Bayer and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland launched its presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday mired in a diplomatic row with Hungary that underscored a deepening sense of political disunity across Europe just as it confronts a raft of major global challenges. Saddled with a sluggish economy, …
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By Riham Alkousaa DAMASCUS (Reuters) -All Syrian groups, including women and Kurds, must be involved in the country’s transition if Damascus wants European support, Germany’s foreign minister said after a closely-watched first meeting with the new de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday. In talks also attended by her French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot, Germany’s top …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the Italian ambassador on Friday over the detention of an Iranian national wanted by the United States for his alleged role in a deadly drone strike against U.S. forces, Iranian state media reported. The summons came a day after a similar move by Italy over Iran’s arrest of …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -The smallest of three parties in talks to form Austria’s next government unexpectedly quit those negotiations on Friday, throwing into disarray an effort to form a centrist ruling coalition without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO). The shock move by the liberal Neos party raised serious doubts about the future of …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German airports were hit by a nationwide IT outage affecting police systems at border control on Friday, causing disruption and longer immigration queues for passengers from outside the European Union’s Schengen travel zone. “There is currently a nationwide IT disruption,” a federal police spokesperson said by phone, forcing officers to manually process passengers …
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MADRID (Reuters) – A split in Spain’s left-wing coalition government over a plan to implement a shorter working week with the same pay broke into the open on Friday after the country’s labour minister accused the economy minister of “siding with employers”. Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz, who leads the far-left Sumar party, told state radio …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Croatia saw a 4% rise in tourist arrivals to more than 21.3 million and a 1% increase in overnight stays to over 108.7 million in 2024, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports reported on Friday. The vast majority of the overnight stays – 103.3 million – were recorded along Croatia’s picturesque Adriatic …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is currently suffering from pneumonia and has therefore decided to cancel some engagements she had planned for this month, said a Commission spokesperson on Friday. “She’s suffering from pneumonia. As a result she has cancelled some engagements for the first two weeks of January, including …
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