BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The EU must focus on setting its own house in order, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday, citing tariffs, competitiveness and defence as the most pressing issues the bloc faces as it comes to terms with Donald Trump’s election win. Trump’s return to power poses a major challenge for the …
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(Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan called Donald Trump a “friend” in welcoming his return to the White House, and invited him for a visit despite longstanding strains in Turkish-U.S. ties including some rooted in Trump’s first term as president. Here are some of the rifts between Washington and Ankara: DEFENCE, SANCTIONS, NATO Turkey, a NATO …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Social Democrats, who won last month’s parliamentary election, said on Friday they had decided to include in a new coalition government a populist party whose leader is standing trial for alleged antisemitic statements. Nemunas Dawn party founder and leader Remigijus Zemaitaitis resigned from parliament in April after the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’, it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has been spreading faster among poultry in the European Union this season than in 2023, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has set up a “war room” to watch the live stream from next week’s COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said on Friday. Democratically-governed Taiwan is excluded from almost all international bodies due to objections from China, which views the …
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By Riham Alkousaa and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will announce his intention on Friday to run for the post of chancellor on behalf of the Greens, a source familiar with the matter said, days after the collapse of the country’s three-way coalition. The break-up of Germany’s coalition following months of …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s anti-drug authorities have arrested two Greek men suspected of being part of a transnational crime ring exporting crystal meth and MDMA to Australia, police said. Police seized about 56 kg of the psychedelic drug MDMA, the main ingredient of ecstasy pills, and nearly 30 kg of methamphetamine, also known by its …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Despite the violence directed at Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, France won’t change its plans to host a Nations’ League game against Israel next week, the interior minister said on Friday. “France is not backing down because that would amount to giving up in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism”, …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will tell Israel to “stop” its war efforts, suggesting a good start would be halting U.S. arms support to Israel. “Trump has made promises to end conflicts… We want that promise to be fulfilled and for Israel to …
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PARIS (Reuters) -World food prices rose in October to an 18-month high as vegetable oils led increases seen in most food staples, United Nations’ data showed on Friday. A price index compiled by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to track the most globally traded food commodities increased to 127.4 points last month, up …
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