PARIS (Reuters) -A man has discovered around 700,000 euros ($800,000) worth of gold bars and coins while digging a swimming pool in his garden in France, local authorities said on Thursday. The man, who has not been named, found the hoard in his home in the town of Neuville-sur-Saone outside Lyon in May, and reported …
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier on Thursday to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war, the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges. The court in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia found Dmitry Kurashov, 27, guilty of shooting dead Vitalii …
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(Refiles to add attribution of quote in paragraph 10) By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Two lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany travel next week to Russia while under fire from opponents for the party’s ties to the Kremlin and accusations – strongly denied – that it could be passing on sensitive military information. The …
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By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) -A fire at a retirement home in the city of Tuzla in northeastern Bosnia claimed a 12th victim on Thursday, after an 84-year-old woman succumbed to injuries, the Tuzla hospital said. The fire broke out on Tuesday evening on the seventh floor of the old building where the victims were …
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(Reuters) -Spain’s data protection agency on Thursday said it had fined a person for sharing AI-generated sexual images of minors using real faces, in what Spanish media said was the first case in Europe of a financial penalty for this type of content. The watchdog opened an investigation in September 2023 after Spanish media reported …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish prosecutors on Thursday charged a Syrian-Swedish dual national captured in an undercover sting operation with planning a suicide bomb attack on a crowded Stockholm culture festival, on behalf of the Islamic State militant group. The prosecutor said the 18-year-old, who was arrested in February, had been planning to blow himself up at …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Russian oil major Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery has halted operations after it was struck by Ukrainian drones, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Ukraine has for several months been striking Russian oil refineries, depots and pipelines, while Ukrainian energy infrastructure has also been the target of Russian strikes in a war …
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s justice minister said on Thursday that a spike in prisoners being wrongly released from jail was unacceptable, as he and the government faced mounting pressure to address a crisis exposed by the release of a migrant sex offender. Last month’s accidental release of Ethiopian asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu, whose …
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By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek prosecutor has extended charges to four more senior coast guard officers over one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest accidents, a 2023 shipwreck in which hundreds drowned off the southwestern town of Pylos, legal sources said on Thursday. The charges follow an appeal by lawyers representing the victims, the sources …
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(Reuters) -World Sailing has crowned two offshore sailing stars as its top achievers, with French cancer survivor Charlie Dalin and Swiss record-breaker Justine Mettraux taking the prestigious Rolex World Sailor of the Year awards in Ireland’s Dun Laoghaire. Dalin earned the male title after his all-conquering victory in the 2024-2025 Vendee Globe, completing the grueling …
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