BELGRADE (Reuters) – A man who killed nine people and wounded 12 in one of the two mass shootings in Serbia last year that shocked the country and triggered the biggest protests in years was found guilty and sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison. Uros Blazic, who was 20 when he committed the …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will allow Novo Nordisk to add risk reduction for events related to kidney disease to the label of its diabetes drug Ozempic, the Danish drugmaker said in a statement on Thursday. The label update is based on a trial where Novo demonstrated that the use of semaglutide …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he met soldiers in the frontline southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, as Russia steps up pressure on what had been a relatively calm part of the battlefield. A video shared on social media on Thursday showed him meeting camouflaged troops and presenting medals in dark trenches in a wooded area, …
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By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union revoked a visa-free travel agreement with a country over its ‘golden passport’ program for the first time on Thursday, ending the deal with the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu due to concerns over its scheme. The program enabled foreigners to acquire Vanuatu citizenship and a passport …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -French soccer star Kylian Mbappe’s lawyer said on Thursday that Swedish prosecutors had dropped a rape and sexual assault investigation concerning her client. The Real Madrid and French national team striker had denied any wrongdoing in the case over alleged incidents at a hotel in central Stockholm on Oct. 10. The prosecutors have …
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(Reuters) – The European Union is set to probe Formula One owner Liberty Media’s 3.5 billion euro ($3.67 billion) deal for the motorcycle racing league MotoGP World Championship, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The new EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera’s team is worried that the merger could stifle competition …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former Formula One boss Eddie Jordan spoke on Thursday of going through “very dark days” after being diagnosed with prostate and bladder cancer earlier this year. The 76-year-old’s Silverstone-based team competed from 1991 to 2005 and, after multiple changes of name and ownership, now races as Aston Martin. “Way back in March …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s new centre-left government took office on Thursday, led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas and including a party whose leader is on trial accused of antisemitic statements. Paluckas’ government said it would raise taxes for high earners, improve health and education services and support Ukraine financially by at …
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By Francois Murphy and John O’Donnell VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s potential forced deportation of Syrian refugees back to their changed homeland can only occur when it is safe, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told Reuters, adding that it was impossible to predict timings. Schallenberg was clarifying his government’s position after conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer pounced on …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Three parties in the eastern German state of Thuringia joined forces on Thursday to keep the poll-topping Alternative for Germany out of power, electing as state premier a conservative who led his party to second place behind the far-right AfD. The AfD stunned Germany’s mainstream parties in September when it …
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