ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday congratulated Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who backed Donald Trump in his victorious campaign to return to the U.S. presidency. The rightwing Italian prime minister and the world’s richest man have repeatedly praised each other in public in recent months, so much so that Musk replied …
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LONDON (Reuters) – New sanctions against Russia announced by the British government on Thursday will also target three private mercenary groups with links to the Kremlin, including Africa Corps, and 11 individuals associated with Russian proxies. In addition, the sanctions target entities based in China, Turkey and central Asia involved in supply and production of …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/WEST BANK/GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians, locked in war with Israel for more than a year, expressed fear at Donald Trump’s return to the White House, while the leaders of the militant group Hamas and the Palestinian Authority urged him to act for peace. In Khan Younis in …
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By Kate Abnett and Alison Withers BRUSSELS (Reuters) – This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of next week’s U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, where countries will try to agree …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Around 60 people have been arrested in a police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia in the southern Italian region of Calabria, police said in a statement on Thursday. Police said 50 people have been jailed, and nine put under house arrest. Investigators have identified various criminal activities tied to the ‘Ndrangheta, including …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed in a joint statement on Thursday their concerns over the political situation in Georgia. Earlier this week, several thousand Georgian demonstrators took to the streets to protest against what they say was fraud in last month’s parliamentary …
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By Jon Nazca ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish police have made a record cocaine seizure after finding 13 metric tons of the drug hidden in a shipment of bananas in a container from Ecuador in the southern port of Algeciras. The amount, discovered on Oct. 14. breaks the previous record in Spain when 9.4 tons …
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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to congratulate Trump on his election win. “The Prime Minister offered his hearty congratulations and said he looked forward to working closely with President-elect Trump across all areas of the special relationship,” a statement from Starmer’s office said. “From …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump following his election victory. “We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation. Strong and unwavering U.S. leadership is vital for the world and for a just peace,” Zelenskiy said in a post on X. Trump …
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