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By Thomas Escritt MAGDEBURG, Germany (Reuters) – A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg’s Christmas market evolved during Saturday into something more politically charged. The changing tone at the site of a car-ramming attack on Friday in which five people were killed and more than 200 injured …

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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria is reviewing the status of Syrian refugees who arrived less than five years ago, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Thursday after media reports that some had been notified by letter that they “no longer have to fear political persecution”. Nehammer, a conservative who is trying to form a …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has just turned 88 and has been suffering from a heavy cold, will lead the regular Sunday Angelus prayer from inside his residence as a precaution, the Vatican said in a statement on Saturday. The decision was taken in view of cold weather in Rome and the pope’s commitments …

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By Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland’s president presented a new government on Saturday under Social Democratic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir that aims to cut inflation and interest rates and hold a referendum on European Union membership by 2027, public broadcaster RUV said. Frostadottir’s centre-left Social Democratic Alliance became the biggest party …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The airport in the Russian city of Kazan reopened on Saturday after temporarily closing earlier in the day following a Ukrainian drone attack, Russia’s aviation watchdog said. Russian state news agencies reported the drone attack on a residential complex and other areas in Kazan, some 500 miles (800 km) east of Moscow. The …

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By Tassilo Hummel MAMOUDZOU (Reuters) -Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in “deeper shit” without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago. Nearly a week after the storm hit, the lack of potable water was testing nerves in France’s poorest …

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