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Russia ready for constructive work on European security proposals – RIA

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready for constructive work with the West on European security proposals despite differences between the two sides, the RIA news agency quoted the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Thursday. The United States said it would share Russia’s proposals for European security with its allies and partners after Moscow handed …

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Terrorist threat still “very high” in France – Interior Minister

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday the terrorist threat was still “very high” in France. Darmanin made the comments in an interview on France 2 television. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie dies in Dominican plane crash

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – A private jet crashed minutes after taking off outside Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, killing all nine people on board, including Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie, according to the airline and airport operator. The Gulfstream GIVSP which crashed at Las Americas Airport had left for Miami with two …

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Human Rights Watch says Cameroonian separatists target schools

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

DAKAR (Reuters) – An international human rights group on Thursday accused separatist fighters in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions of systematically targeting schools, students and teachers during a civil war that has killed thousands of people. The attacks have forced two out of every three schools in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions to close, denying over 700,000 students access …

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Inside La Palma’s volcano: lull in activity allows look into crater

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

By Marco Trujillo LA PALMA (Reuters) -The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma was silent for a second day on Wednesday, giving scientists the first chance to study the main crater from its brink as the eruption appeared to be nearing its end after three months. A group of scientists collecting …

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‘Don’t hesitate to ask for anything,’ Biden tells tornado-hit Kentucky

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

By Jarrett Renshaw DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden walked through the battered remains of two Kentucky cities on Wednesday to get a first-hand view of the destruction wrought by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recent U.S. history. The disaster, which killed at least 74 people in Kentucky and 14 elsewhere, has …

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German court accuses Russia of “state terrorism” over 2019 Berlin park murder

16 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia ordered the killing in broad daylight in a Berlin park of a former Chechen militant, a German court found on Wednesday, sentencing the agent who carried out the 2019 act of “state terrorism” to life imprisonment. Georgian citizen Tornike Khangoshvili was killed with three shots from a Glock …

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Macron humbled by his mistakes as he readies re-election bid

15 Dec 2021 16 Dec 2021

By Ingrid Melander and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron, whose hopes of winning a second term face a growing challenge from the opposition, said he has been humbled by the pandemic and his mistakes — and learned a lot from both. His sharp tongue, combined with a very top-down approach to …

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France and Germany seek fresh peace talks with Russia

15 Dec 2021 15 Dec 2021

By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The leaders of France and Germany sought on Wednesday to revive talks with Russia while keeping up pressure on Moscow to deter what the West says may be preparations for a new attack on Ukrainian territory. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President …

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German police foil ‘anti-vaxxer murder plot’ against state premier

15 Dec 2021 15 Dec 2021

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -German police have foiled a plot by anti-vaccination activists to murder the state premier of Saxony in eastern Germany, they said on Wednesday, as concerns grow over an increasingly violent pushback against COVID-19 vaccination plans. The plot to kill Michael Kretschmer is the latest in a series of incidents that …

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