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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government pledged on Monday to push ahead with a contested plan to detain asylum seekers in centres built in Albania and said it would work with allies on “innovative” ideas to curb flows of irregular migrants into Europe. Rightist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni struck a deal with her counterpart Edi Rama …

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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia’s Black Sea coast appealed in a video released on Monday for President Vladimir Putin to urgently send federal aid, saying that they and local authorities were overwhelmed. The pollution, which has coated sandy beaches at and around Anapa, …

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DUBAI (Reuters) -A Russian delegation met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Monday, Iranian news agencies said, as the two countries prepared to sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement. The Russian delegation invited Pezeshkian to visit Russia early in 2025, the media reports said. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei earlier said the deal was …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the “ownership and control” of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for …

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By Joshua McElwee ROME (Reuters) – Rome has completed the most ambitious of thousands of construction works that have disrupted daily life in the Eternal City in preparation for the millions of tourists expected during the 2025 Catholic Holy Year that starts this week Mayor Roberto Gualtieri opened a major new road junction near the …

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By Hilde Verweij AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch are known worldwide for their wooden shoes, but the recent rare discovery of a 500-year-old one in the city of Alkmaar has shown just how widespread their use once was. “It was found in a cesspit in an urban surrounding. So this is very special, because with …

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