By Parisa Hafezi, Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA (Reuters) – Indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke off until next week as European officials voiced dismay on Friday at sweeping demands by Iran’s new, hardline government. The seventh round of talks in Vienna is the first with delegates sent by …
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By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa is being hit by a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant which has been detected in seven of the country’s nine provinces, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday. Omicron, which has raised global fears of a surge in infections, was first …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A six-year-old boy, the sole survivor of an Italian cable car disaster who was kidnapped and taken to Israel by his grandfather, flew back to Italy on Friday night following a nearly three-month custody battle, the boy’s aunt said. Israel’s Supreme Court this week rejected a request by Eitan Biran’s maternal grandfather …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine is using Turkish-made drones in the conflict zone in the Donbass region, sticking to “destructive” behaviour, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, the Kremlin said. Relations between Russia and Ukraine are in the spotlight as Kyiv says Russia amassed thousands of troops near the Ukrainian …
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By Richard Lough and Iain Withers PARIS (Reuters) – Paris riverboat cruise company Seine-En-Bateau was braced for a bumper Christmas party season reminiscent of the world before COVID-19. But that was before the Omicron variant landed. Since the beginning of the week, co-owner Pascale Ben Soussan has fielded one cancellation after another as companies either …
By Aparupa Mazumder and Rittik Biswas (Reuters) – Europe crossed 75 million coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region braces for the new Omicron variant at a time when hospitals in some countries are already strained by the current surge. Over 15 countries in Europe have reported confirmed cases of …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Dutch authorities on Friday arrested around 50 protesters who breached security around the building of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, local police said. “Protesters stormed the (OPCW) building and we immediately decided to act”, The Hague police spokesman Dick Goijert told Reuters. “All protesters on …
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By Philip Pullella and Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) – Pope Francis, at an emotional meeting with migrants, said on Friday he had a responsibility to tell the hard truth about the suffering of refugees, many held in conditions he compared to those in Nazi and Soviet camps. Francis, who has made defence of migrants and …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government approved a bill on Friday to tackle gender-based violence and strengthen surveillance on suspects, amid growing worries over high levels of hate crimes against women. The Interior Ministry says 93 women have been killed in 2021 by partners or relatives, while almost 4,000 women have been sexually assaulted so far …
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By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has denied visa extensions for electoral observers from the European Union, requiring them to leave the South American country this weekend, a source with knowledge of the matter said. The observers arrived in October for regional and local elections that took place on Nov. 21. Members of the …
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