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Austrian president to have spinal surgery, chancellor to stand in

2 Nov 2024

(Reuters) – Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen, who is overseeing coalition talks following the country’s recent election, will undergo spinal surgery, his office said on Saturday. The 80-year-old, who has been head of state since 2017, has been struggling with intervertebral disc problems since the beginning of the year. “Recently, the situation has deteriorated,” …

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Soccer-It makes no sense to play after floods in Spain, says Atletico boss Simeone

2 Nov 2024

(Reuters) – Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone said on Saturday it made no sense to play this weekend after catastrophic floods swept the eastern region of Spain. The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 211 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the region …

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UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information

2 Nov 2024

By Jake Spring and Oliver Griffin CALI, Colombia (Reuters) -Countries at the U.N. COP16 nature talks in Colombia on Saturday agreed to how companies in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics should pay for the use of genetic information drawn from biodiversity in their research and development. Nearly 200 countries convened in the Colombian city …

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Russia jails ex-US consular employee on security charges

2 Nov 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A court in Russia’s far east said on Friday it had convicted Robert Shonov, a former U.S. consular employee, of illegally and covertly cooperating with the U.S. government to harm Russia’s national security and had jailed him for nearly five years. Russia’s FSB security service detained Shonov, a Russian national, in Vladivostok in …

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Greek anti-terrorism police accuse three over Athens apartment blast

2 Nov 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s anti-terrorism unit has accused three people of participating in a terrorist group, following a bomb explosion which killed a 36-year-old man and seriously hurt a woman in an apartment in Athens this week, police said on Saturday. Anti-terrorism police suspect the case is linked to anti-establishment guerrilla groups and the blast occurred …

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US citizen who helped Russia from Ukraine appears in Moscow

2 Nov 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen who was spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces after helping the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops said in Moscow on Saturday he had asked for Russian citizenship. “My name is Daniel Martindale,” he told a press conference, state media reported. “Here is my passport. It went through …

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Democrats have a plan if Trump prematurely declares election victory

2 Nov 2024

By Jarrett Renshaw and Gram Slattery (Reuters) – Democrats are readying a rapid-fire response to flood social media and the airwaves with calls for calm and patience with vote-counting should Donald Trump try to prematurely claim election victory, as he did in 2020, Harris campaign and party officials told Reuters. The Republican candidate told reporters …

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US to deploy B-52s, warships to Middle East as aircraft carrier departs

2 Nov 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it will deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, in a readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group prepares to leave the region. The Pentagon said in a statement that deployments would take place in …

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Serbian railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad leaves 14 dead

2 Nov 2024

By Aleksandar Vasovic NOVI SAD, Serbia (Reuters) -Rescue workers scoured piles of concrete and twisted metal for survivors on Friday after a roof collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 14 people. Cranes and bulldozers helped sift through the wreckage alongside dozens of rescuers and construction …

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Ceasefire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon

2 Nov 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it …

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