BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany’s parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing an early national election in February following his government’s collapse. Here are the main parties contending, their poll standings, and the key policy issues: PARTIES Germany has two …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Following are some facts about the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where Cyclone Chido devastated the poorest place in France. GEOGRAPHY Mayotte is a French territory located off the southeastern shores of Africa. It lies to the east of the Indian Ocean islands of Comoros and northwest of Madagascar. Mayotte is made up …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears to be backed by documents that will help prosecutors make a strong case, legal experts said, but the tycoon is unlikely to be extradited to stand trial anytime soon. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn last month unsealed an indictment …
By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The arrest of a four-star general in Brazil over the weekend shows courts are ready to play hardball with those accused of plotting to violently overturn election results, breaking with the impunity that shadowed nearly a century of military coups. Former Brazilian Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto was …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Norway said on Monday it would provide 2.7 billion crowns ($242 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian navy and help it deter Russian naval forces in the Black Sea. Much of the funding will go towards innovation and autonomy under the Maritime Capability Coalition, which Norway and Britain launched last year to make Ukraine’s …
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KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attack destroyed a Russian ammunition depot near the village of Markine in Russian-occupied Donetsk region, a source in Ukraine’s SBU state security service said on Monday. The depot stored thousands of ammunition rounds for armoured personnel carriers and tanks, anti-tank guided missiles, mines and grenades, plus millions of rounds …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he is ready to step in if necessary and ensure that Syria gets the wheat it needs in what he said was the unlikely event that Russian wheat supplies to the country were disrupted. Russian and Syrian sources told Reuters on Friday that Russian wheat …
MADRID (Reuters) – The founder and owner of fashion empire Mango, Isak Andic, died on Saturday in a mountain accident, police said. He was 71. The businessman slipped and fell over 100 metres from a cliff while hiking with relatives in the Montserrat caves near Barcelona, a police spokesperson said. “His departure leaves a huge …
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By Timour Azhari and Tuvan Gumrukcu DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected. As the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir …
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By Maayan Lubell and Jeff Mason JERUSALEM/WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about developments in Syria and a recent push to secure the release of Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, he said on Sunday. Netanyahu said he spoke with Trump …
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