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Greece to scrap some bank fees for retail customers, parliament approves budget

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will scrap bank fees and charges for some retail transactions as part of measures to help households cope with a cost-of-living crisis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. His centre-right government also plans from 2026 to double the property tax for about 25,000 real estate properties that banks have on …

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Defence minister orders Israeli troops to prepare to spend winter on Mount Hermon

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israeli troops to prepare to stay over the winter on Mount Hermon, a strategic location overlooking Damascus, adding to signs that Israel’s presence in Syria is set to continue for a prolonged period. “Due to what is happening in Syria – there is enormous security …

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Ukraine services say they destroy Russian train carrying fuel

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Sunday it had launched an operation to destroy 40 rail cars carrying fuel to Russian troops in an area of the Zaporizhzhia region Moscow holds in southern Ukraine. The SBU told Reuters the operation involved different intelligence and military services and unfolded over a series of stages. …

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Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

By Joshua McElwee AJACCIO, France (Reuters) -Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island. At a conference on religion in the Mediterranean region, the pontiff warned against varieties of spirituality …

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Russian tanker splits in storm, spilling oil into Kerch Strait

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage, Russian officials said. The vessels were in the Kerch Strait between mainland Russia and Crimea, which Russia annexed …

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Israel to shut embassy in Ireland over ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

(Reuters) -Israel said on Sunday it would close its Dublin embassy due to the Irish government’s “extreme anti-Israel policies” including recognition of a Palestinian state and support for international legal action against its war in Gaza. Israel recalled its ambassador after Ireland’s decision on a Palestinian state in May, and was further angered last week …

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Syria sanctions relief premature for now, top EU official says

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – The EU will not lift sanctions on Syria before its new rulers ensure minorities are not persecuted and women’s rights are protected within a unified government that disavows religious extremism, the EU’s top diplomat said. An EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Monday, which had Syria on the …

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France to send diplomats to Syria on Tuesday

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

PARIS (Reuters) – France will send a team of diplomats to Syria on Tuesday to assess the political and security situation, the foreign ministry said, without specifying whom they would meet. Most EU governments welcomed Bashar al-Assad’s fall but are considering whether they can work with the rebels who ousted him, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, …

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Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France’s new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase subsidies for private schools led to nationwide protests. He quickly caved in and would stay in the post for four more years. Three decades later, he will face a different force …

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Syria’s de facto leader not interested in new conflicts despite Israeli attacks

15 Dec 2024 15 Dec 2024

By Hatem Maher (Reuters) – Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said on Saturday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign. Sharaa – better known as Abu …

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