By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s switch from contrition to defiance on Thursday over his martial law order rallied some supporters but other members of his party said it did nothing to sway their view that he must be removed from office. In a speech before a second impeachment …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is not considering changing Europe’s policies to cut CO2 emissions from cars, despite a push from the EU’s biggest political group to weaken the laws, the bloc’s climate policy chief told Reuters on Thursday. The centre-right European People’s Party – the European Parliament’s biggest lawmaker group …
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ROME (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies “stand ready to support a transition process that leads to credible, inclusive, and non-sectarian governance” in Syria, a statement said on Thursday. The G7 said a political transition after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year authoritarian rule had to ensure “respect for the …
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By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – After a bruising year in which Sinn Fein saw a huge opinion poll lead melt away and its centre-right rivals win a general election, the left-wing Irish nationalists face tough choices to rebuild a realistic path to power. Unless the party can recapture lost support, it may be forced …
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(Reuters) – Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of Europe’sSchengen free-travel area from next month, swelling the number of nations to 29, the EU said on Thursday. Checks at land borders with Bulgaria and Romania will stop from Jan. 1 after Austria dropped a veto it had maintained on grounds they needed to do …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will definitely respond to Ukraine’s latest use of U.S.-made ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Russia said on Wednesday that Ukraine had struck a military airfield on the Azov Sea with six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, a move that could prompt Moscow to launch another experimental …
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By Jehad Shalbak DAMASCUS (Reuters) – When she heard the stunning news that rebels had brought an end to Syria’s decades-old regime, Hayat al-Turki headed for a prison that had become known as a slaughterhouse, praying that her brother and five more relatives held there were still alive. But after four days of wandering around …
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(Reuters) – Serbia have been hit with partial stadium closures for two home matches and banned from selling tickets to their fans in two away ties over supporter behaviour in last month’s Nations League games against Switzerland and Denmark, UEFA said. Serbian fans displayed “racist and discriminatory” behaviour, caused damage to the stadium, threw objects …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz that it was important for the United States and Israel to be in close consultation over events unfolding in Syria, the Pentagon said on Wednesday after their call. “Secretary Austin emphasized the importance of close consultation between the United States and …
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(Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone struck the roof of a police barracks in Russia’s Caucasus region of Chechnya early on Thursday, injuring four people, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said, the second such incident in a week. “The drone detonated in the air, damaged the roof and broke windows,” Kadyrov wrote on the Telegram messaging app …
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