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Greece mulls migrant facility on Rhodes to tackle rise in arrivals

5 Nov 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is considering setting up a migrant detention facility on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean to tackle a rise in arrivals from neighbouring Turkey, Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Tuesday. Hundreds of migrants have arrived on the islands of Rhodes and nearby Symi in recent months, local officials …

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Bluetongue virus threatens Sardinia’s historic sheep farming industry

5 Nov 2024

By Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio ROME (Reuters) – On the island of Sardinia, a bedrock of Italian sheep farming, breeder Michela Dessi has seen 150 of her flock die and 140 lose their lambs in the last few months due to an insect-borne disease called bluetongue that is ravaging local livestock. Sardinia is home …

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Iranian-German Sharmahd died before his execution, Iran judiciary says

5 Nov 2024

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution, which was announced by Tehran late last month, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday, according to state media. State media initially reported the execution of Sharmahd on Oct. 28, following his sentencing to death by Iran’s judiciary in 2023 for carrying out “terrorist attacks”. “Jamshid …

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Russia launches Soyuz rocket with dozens of satellites, including two from Iran

5 Nov 2024

(Reuters) – Russia launched a Soyuz rocket early on Tuesday carrying two satellites designed to monitor the space weather around Earth and 53 small satellites, including two Iranian ones, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said. The Soyuz-2.1 launch spacecraft, which lifted off from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome, carried two Ionosfera-M satellites, which will become part of the …

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Poland to spend $750 million to boost ammunition production

5 Nov 2024

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland plans to invest 3 billion zlotys ($750 million) to boost ammunition production, according to a bill published late on Monday, aiming to ensure it has sufficient supplies in the event of an attack from Russia. Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has become NATO’s biggest spender …

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US states worried about election unrest take security precautions

5 Nov 2024

By Brad Brooks, Gabriella Borter and Nathan Layne LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) -A security fence rings a Las Vegas building where a Nevada county tabulates votes. An Arizona sheriff has his department on high alert to guard against potential violence with drones and snipers on standby. The National Guard has been or will be activated …

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Kremlin says Moldovan election was unfair, questions Sandu’s legitimacy

5 Nov 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday denounced Moldova’s weekend election as unfair and said it did not see the winner, Maia Sandu, as the legitimate president of the country. Pro-Western Sandu defeated a former prosecutor general backed by a traditionally pro-Russian party in a vote marred by allegations of election meddling by Moscow, which the …

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Swiss police catch more than a dozen drug traffickers in Verbier bust

5 Nov 2024

GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss police have arrested 15 drug traffickers operating around the Verbier mountain resort as part of the biggest ever swoop in the surrounding Valais canton, police said on Tuesday. A multi-month investigation showed that the 15 French nationals were involved in trafficking record drug volumes for the canton, police said. They are …

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Harris closes campaign in Philadelphia, Trump in Michigan on eve of deadlocked election

5 Nov 2024

By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland PHILADELPHIA/GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) -Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania and other battleground states on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election. The campaign has seen head-spinning twists: two assassination attempts and a felony conviction for Republican former …

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