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Romanian court sends Andrew Tate’s human trafficking case back to prosecutors

19 Dec 2024

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – The Bucharest court of appeals ruled on Thursday against sending internet personality Andrew Tate to trial on charges of human trafficking and sent the case back to prosecutors. The ruling deals a blow to anti-organized crime prosecuting unit DIICOT, which officially indicted Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects in …

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Irish Labour Party rules out junior role in next coalition

19 Dec 2024

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s Labour Party on Thursday ruled out entering government as a junior partner to the country’s two large centre-right parties, which will likely now move to secure a coalition deal with a group of mostly conservative independent lawmakers. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, Ireland’s dominant parties, began coalition talks last week and …

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Russian missile kills three, wounds three more in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

19 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack killed three people and wounded three more in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Thursday, the national police said. It added on the Telegram messenger that more than 10 private houses were damaged. (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Alex Richardson)

Ukraine may consider Russian gas transit if Moscow not paid during war

19 Dec 2024

By Kate Abnett and Anastasiia Malenko BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine could consider continued transit of Russian gas on the condition that Moscow does not receive money for the fuel until after the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. Ukraine has previously ruled out extending a contract to transit Russian gas, via Ukraine, to Europe, …

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Factbox-Who received the longest jail terms in the Gisele Pelicot rape trial?

19 Dec 2024

AVIGNON, France (Reuters) – A French court found all 51 defendants guilty on Thursday in a mass rape case including Dominique Pelicot, who repeatedly drugged his then wife, Gisele, and allowed dozens of strangers into the family home to rape her. Here are brief profiles of the men who received the longest sentences. All have …

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UN chief says Israeli air strikes in Syria must stop

19 Dec 2024

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes on Syria are violations of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and “must stop,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. Since a lightning rebel offensive ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes that it says are …

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Zelenskiy on Putin’s missile duel offer: do you think he is sane?

19 Dec 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed Russian President’s Vladimir Putin’s missile duel offer during a press conference at a European Council meeting on Thursday. “Do you think he is a sane person? Bastards,” Zelenskiy said about Putin’s suggestion to test air defences by launching Russia’s new Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile at a target …

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Russia will remain a threat to Europe even after Ukraine war, Finland says

19 Dec 2024

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia and countries that support it will remain a danger to Europe even after the war in Ukraine has ended, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said on Thursday. Finland, like Ukraine, is a neighbour to Russia, sharing a more than 1,300-km (800-mile) border that is currently closed to all travellers …

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Zelenskiy says unity between US and EU needed to achieve peace in Ukraine

19 Dec 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, arriving at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, said unity between the EU and United States was necessary to bring peace to Ukraine. “For us, it’s very important, especially from the very beginning of next year, we need very much unity between the United States …

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