By Makini Brice PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that she was preparing for an early presidential election, saying President Emmanuel Macron’s time in office was all but over. Le Pen, who has brought her anti-immigrant National Rally (RN) party from fringe status into the political spotlight, is seen …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia now views arms control over the vast nuclear arsenals that were built up during the Cold War to be a thing of the past due to the lack of trust between Moscow and the West, Russia’s top general said on Wednesday. Russia and the United States, by far the biggest nuclear …
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(This Dec. 14 story has been corrected to remove the reference to the share of Brazilian gold exports going to Switzerland, in paragraph 27) By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of …
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend. Now the aftermath of Cyclone Chido has led to accusations that Paris has neglected its far-flung overseas territories, leaving them with little protection when natural …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An oil spill from damaged tankers has contaminated a long stretch of sandy beaches along the Russian Black Sea shoreline, polluting the air and threatening wildlife in one of the worst ecological disasters to hit the region in years. Around 4,000 volunteers have been cleaning beaches near the resort city of Anapa …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark, which oversees security in and around Greenland, on Wednesday warned of a heightened risk of military confrontation in the Arctic, driven by aggressive threatening behaviour by Russia. An annual report by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service said security tensions were spreading to the Arctic, with Russia adopting a riskier approach and …
By Emilio Parodi, Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Italian crime bosses and the far-right are tapping into the muscle and money-spinning activities of hardline ‘ultra’ soccer fans in several Italian cities, with mobsters even seeking to take control of some smaller clubs, according to Italy’s leading anti-mafia prosecutor. An investigation by Milan prosecutors and the office …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister, faces a possible six-year prison term if a court finds him guilty on Friday of kidnapping a boat full of migrants who were held offshore Italy for almost three weeks in 2019. Salvini was interior minister at the time and has always denied …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s only coking coal mine – key for its steel industry – is operating at 50% capacity as of Wednesday morning despite the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two Ukrainian industry sources said. Ukrainian military analyst DeepState said Russian troops were less than 5 km (3.1 miles) from the Pokrovsk mine. The …
By Andrew Osborn, Anastasiia Malenko MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are around 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) to the south of the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, open source maps published by Russian and Ukrainian war bloggers show. Here are some key points about Pokrovsk and the battle. WHAT IS POKROVSK? Pokrovsk is a road …
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