LONDON (Reuters) – The leaders of Ireland’s three coalition parties will discuss the date of the next general election on Monday, Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman said, proposing November 29 as his preferred date. Prime Minister Harris must call the election by March but analysts have for weeks seen November as the most likely date, …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland has signed up to the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), the government said on Friday, a project which seeks to build a unified air and missile defence system across Europe. The system was initiated by Germany following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and is designed to allow European countries to buy defence …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada plans to give Ukraine a C$64.8 million ($47 million) military aid package that will include small arms, ammunition, and protective gear, Defense Minister Bill Blair said in a statement on Friday. The aid package, which also allocates money for training Ukrainian troops, is part of a C$500 million military funding committed …
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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, is seeking a second term in a presidential election on Oct. 20, when the country will also hold a referendum on joining the European Union. Here’s a look at what’s at stake. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN MOLDOVA? Moldova is a small southeast European …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian citizen detained in France for “destabilising” the Olympics has been placed under house arrest, Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing the Russian embassy in Paris. French police said in July they had arrested a 40-year-old Russian man days before the start of the Paris Games after finding evidence at his …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of the village of Maksymilianivka, less than 10 km (6 miles) from the key city of Kurakhove in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report. The Kurakhove sector, west of the Russian-held regional centre of …
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By John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France’s president on Thursday accused some of his ministers of lacking in professionalism and spreading false information, while taking a swipe at the media over how they reported comments he allegedly made on Israel during a cabinet meeting. In the latest sign of his political frustration, a visibly angry …
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By James Mackenzie, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the Gaza war, has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said on Thursday. His killing marks a huge success for Israel and a pivotal event in the …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to use all their leverage, including trade, development aid and visa policy, to speed up returns of migrants illegally entering the bloc and asked the European Commission to urgently draft a law. Immigration is a highly sensitive topic in most of the bloc’s 27 …
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(Reuters) – Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev, tipped to fill the vacant position of the country’s Olympic chief, called on Thursday for improved ties and an end to polemics with the International Olympic Committee. Degtyarev spoke at a top-level sports meeting, attended by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, days after the resignation of the head of …
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