By Joanna Plucinska and Lisa Barrington LONDON (Reuters) -In late September, an experienced pilot at low-cost European airline Wizz Air felt anxious after learning his plane would fly over Iraq at night amid mounting tensions between nearby Iran and Israel. He decided to query the decision since just a week earlier the airline had deemed …
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By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -France unveiled a new government on Monday composed of former ministers and senior civil servants that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will hope can oversee the passage of a 2025 budget and prevent a deepening of the country’s crisis. Eric Lombard, 66, the head of Caisse des Depots, …
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By Yuliia Dysa (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday blasted Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico over his reluctance to end his country’s dependency on Russian gas, calling it a “big security issue” for Europe and saying Fico declined compensation. Zelenskiy made the comments after Fico met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on …
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By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the incoming U.S. president will pursue a foreign policy unbound by diplomatic niceties. As Trump prepares to take office …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s cabinet on Monday passed a law decree that allows it to continue supplying until the end of 2025 “means, materials and equipment” to Ukraine to support its war effort against Russia, a government statement said. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Italy has approved 10 packages of military aid for …
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By Miranda Murray and Kirsti Knolle BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany searched on Monday for answers on possible security lapses after a man drove his car into a Christmas market, killing at least five people and casting a renewed spotlight on security and immigration ahead of a snap election. The possible motive of the arrested suspect, …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu’s new coalition government won a parliamentary confidence vote on Monday and it now faces the difficult task of steering the country out of a crisis where the far-right has gained ground. The pro-European coalition government includes Ciolacu’s Social Democrats, centre-right Liberals and the ethnic Hungarian Party UDMR. …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek lawyers representing the survivors and victims of a deadly 2023 shipwreck said on Monday a naval court needed to examine more evidence after a preliminary investigation failed to shed light on the case. Hundreds died on June 14, 2023, when an overcrowded fishing trawler, monitored by the Greek coastguard for several …
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By Orhan Qereman QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Thousands of women rallied in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on Monday to demand the new Islamist rulers in Damascus respect women’s rights and to condemn Turkish-backed military campaigns in Kurdish-led regions of the north. Many of the protesters waved the green flag of the Women’s Protection …
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By Makini Brice and Chafion Madi PARIS/PAMANDZI (Reuters) -France held a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a violent cyclone on Dec. 14, beginning in the morning on Monday with a minute of silence for the scores of residents left dead by the storm. Cyclone Chido was the worst …
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