PARIS (Reuters) -Three migrants died on Wednesday after a boat carrying a large group capsized off the coast of Calais, a local French authority said, highlighting the challenges for the British and French governments as they aim to tackle illegal immigration. The local prefect added that 45 people who had been on the same boat …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Moldovan President Maia Sandu of continued German support in strengthening her country’s resilience against foreign influence, a government spokesperson in Berlin said on Wednesday. The leaders spoke in a phone call during which Sandu informed Scholz about the outcome of first-round presidential elections and a referendum on joining …
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(Reuters) – The European Union on Wednesday urged countries attending the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, to ask President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine. More than 20 leaders, including Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are attending the summit. EU foreign policy spokesperson …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Russian citizen on suspicion of stabbing to death two convalescing Ukrainian soldiers in southern Germany, they said on Wednesday. The soldiers were found with serious stab wounds outside a shopping centre in the Bavarian town of Murnau am See in April, according to police. …
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By Marc Leras AVIGNON, France (Reuters) – Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case public should help other women and change society. Dominique Pelicot, her husband, has admitted to inviting dozens of …
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By Patricia Vicente Rua LISBON (Reuters) – Two nights of disturbances have shaken outskirts of the Portuguese capital Lisbon following the fatal police shooting of a Black man, with buses and rubbish set ablaze and stones hurled, according to authorities and TV images. The unrest began in a multicultural neighbourhood of Lisbon’s Amadora suburb after …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior member of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouk has arrived in Moscow on a planned visit, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic source. Hamas politburo member, Abu Marzouk, intends to hold a series of meetings with Russian officials, RIA …
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By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz leads a high-level delegation to New Delhi this week, betting that greater access to the vast Indian market can reduce Germany’s reliance on Beijing even if India does not turn out to be the “new China”. From cars to logistics, German companies are largely optimistic about India’s …
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By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The CEO of Roche said he has been informed that more cases of mpox infection have occurred in Europe than previously reported and that the Swiss group could quickly offer 10 times more test kits than are currently in demand. “It seems like there are more mpox cases already …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Most people in France think the Fifth Republic’s democratic system does not work, said a survey from a government-advisory body, highlighting the country’s lingering malaise following general elections this summer that produced no clear winner. Fifty-one percent said ‘only strong power’ could guarantee law and order, added the survey, conducted by Ipsos …
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