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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow could deploy its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles system in Belarus in the second half of 2025, Russian state media said. Putin was responding to a request by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a summit in Minsk. He said Belarus would determine the targets …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish lawmakers voted on Friday to lift nationalist opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s immunity from prosecution, meaning he can face charges relating to a scuffle during a commemorative event for an air disaster. Activist Zbigniew Komosa accuses Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, of assault, saying he hit him twice …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign of openness by the global Church toward the gay community. A pilgrimage by the Italian group “La Tenda di Gionata” (Jonathan’s …

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s top court annulled results of the first round of presidential election after security documents were declasified and said the whole process must be rerun, it said in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by Luiza Ilie)

MONTEVIDEO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc have finalised a free trade agreement, the European Commission said on Friday but it faces a tortuous battle for approval in Europe given French and Italian opposition. “This is a win for Europe,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told a press conference …

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