SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) – An Italian navy ship carrying a small group of migrants docked in an Albanian port on Friday in an attempt by Rome to salvage a plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles. The ship arrived before 8 a.m. (0700 GMT), a Reuters reporter said. Only …
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ROME (Reuters) – The number of people aged over 100 in Italy has increased by 30% over the past 10 years, while birth rates have continued to decline. There were more than 22,000 Italians in the age bracket between 100 and 104 in 2024, up from just over 17,000 in 2014, according to a report …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday his government would introduce this month the legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of …
By Idrees Ali MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he still believed he should be the one to decide the fate of plea deals for the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks and two accomplices held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Earlier this year …
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(Reuters) – A Russian plane late on Thursday brought home 89 Russian nationals, including 34 children, evacuated from Lebanon, the foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the Il-76 aircraft had landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. (Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese)
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -France accused Israel on Thursday of harming bilateral ties after Israeli security forces entered a holy site under French administration in Jerusalem and briefly detained two French officials with diplomatic status. The incident occurred as French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot was due to visit the compound of The Church of …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will make a final push for elusive deals to end the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, but Donald Trump’s election may leave Washington without enough leverage to bend Israel and other regional players to its will before he becomes president. Senior U.S. officials …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. Palestinian health officials said at least 10 people had been killed and several others wounded …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to significantly tighten the rules governing the income received by those deemed “foreign agents” and of those who speak negatively about Russia after leaving the country, the speaker of the Russian parliament said on Thursday. Russian law requires any person or organisation receiving support from outside Russia …
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine should remain neutral for there to be a chance for peace, adding that the borders of Ukraine should be in accordance with the wishes of the people living in Russian-claimed territory. “If there is no neutrality, it is difficult to imagine the existence …
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