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Athens blast caused by home-made bomb, guerrillas suspected – police officials

ATHENS (Reuters) – A deadly explosion in an Athens apartment on Thursday was caused by a home-made bomb and authorities suspect it could be linked to local guerrilla groups, police and Greek officials said on Friday. Two guns, bullets, mobile phones and digital evidence have been confiscated from the site of the blast, which killed …

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Greek seasonal firefighters protest in Athens to demand permanent jobs

By STAMOS PROUSALIS and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Dozens of Greek seasonal firefighters protested in central Athens on Friday to demand permanent jobs – hours after others broke into the climate ministry – after their short-term contracts expired as a dire wildfire season comes to an end. Wildfires are common in Greece but have …

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Early action can mitigate flood destruction, UN climate agency says

BERLIN (Reuters) – Effective flood warning systems could help to avoid the level of destruction that has occurred in the Valencia region of Spain this week, the World Meteorological Organization said on Friday. “We do need to ensure that the early warnings reach those who need them,” WMO official Clare Nullis told a regular U.N. …

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Court in Georgia rules that two men accused of ballot stuffing be held, Interpress reports

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Georgia on Friday ruled that two men accused of ballot stuffing in a weekend parliamentary election be placed in custody, the Interpress news agency reported. The alleged ballot stuffing took place in the 25,000-strong town of Marneuli in southeastern Georgia and the results from the affected precinct were annulled …

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Russia is monitoring Moldova’s elections but is not interfering in them, says Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia was monitoring the ongoing presidential election in Moldova, but was not interfering in it despite a flurry of allegations from the West and Moldova’s pro-Western president to the contrary. Moldova is holding an election runoff on Sunday in which pro-Western President Maia Sandu will attempt …

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Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158, among Europe’s worst storm disasters

By David Latona VALENCIA/GODELLETA, Spain (Reuters) -The death toll from devastating flash floods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missing in what could become Europe’s worst storm-related disaster in over five decades. “There’s a total of 158 people to which must be added dozens and dozens …

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Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 2,000 drones in October, Kyiv says

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones at civilian and military targets across Ukraine last month, Kyiv’s military said on Friday, as Kremlin forces press a grinding offensive on the front line of their February 2022 invasion. Moscow has carried out regular air strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, with the capital …

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Israeli strikes kill 47 Palestinians in central Gaza, Palestinian news agency says

GAZA (Reuters) -Forty seven Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, most of them children and women, in overnight Israeli bombardment of the the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Friday. The attacks occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the town of Al-Zawayda, it said. The Israeli …

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